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Boiled fruit cake

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Boiled fruit cake
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Recipe by: WIGAN

This is a Northern Ireland recipe given to me by my mum many years ago! You don't boil the cake, just the ingredients before you bake it.

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Ingredients

Serves: 12
  • 250ml (8 fl oz) water
  • 900g (2 lb) dried mixed fruit
  • 225g (8 oz) caster sugar
  • 170g (6 oz) butter
  • 230g (8 oz) plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 teaspoon of mixed spice
  • 2 eggs, beaten

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Preparation method

Prep: 10 mins | Cook: 1 hour 30 mins | Extra time: 10 mins, cooling
1.
Preheat the oven to 150 C / Gas mark 2. Grease a 900g (2 lb) loaf tin, and line with baking parchment.
2.
Combine the water, dried fruit, sugar and butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to the boil, stirring occasionally, and boil gently for about 10 minutes.
3.
Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and mixed spice into a large bowl. Pour in the boiled mixture, and stir until well blended. Mix in the eggs.
4.
Pour into the greased loaf tin.
5.
Bake for 90 minutes in the preheated oven, until a skewer or knife inserted into the top comes out clean.
6.
Cool cake in the tin for at least 10 minutes before removing.
Note

This actually tastes better a day or so after baking.

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Last updated: 10 Apr 2013

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Posted: 12 Apr 2013
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JuliaConstable

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Made this cake for the second time and it is yummy, really moist and fruity. Like others used tea instead of water and added golden syrup and extra spice. I like my cake fruity so went with the full 900g. Leave it for at least a week and keeps for ages. Enjoy!
Posted: 05 Jan 2013
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PeterDavid

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Best fruit cake I've ever made, or eaten. So easy, so delicious, about to do it again!
Posted: 16 Dec 2012
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BJE

BJE

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Ihave been reading the reviews on this cake If you want a easy boil the fruit first cake look at a bero book and try the easy fruit cake recipe .I have made this one for years and my mother before me .I make it in a 2ib loaf tins for myself and 7ins round tins for family
Posted: 26 Nov 2012
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mylittlekian

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Easy to prepare, i have made this 4 times now and have reduced the amount of fruit to around 500 - 600 gms.
Posted: 21 Nov 2012
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Blakey51

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try boiling the fruit in a good quality cider,it adds a lovely flavour to the finished cake!
Posted: 27 Aug 2012
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boot

boot

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i've eaten some bad cakes in the past but this takes the biscuit!!
Posted: 10 Jun 2012
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mommasbizzy

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Great and easy recipe, made it several times already
Posted: 29 May 2012
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astarte

astarte

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Just put this recipe in the oven, its bubbling over like mad! Something is definitely wrong with the recipe. Why would someone put a recipe on this site if it doesn't work? Strange.
Posted: 02 May 2012
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cakephiller

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I made this recipe today as a surprise for my husband. It really appealed because I don't like the booziness of some fruit cakes and this didn't have any! It took about 15 minutes from starting to get it in the oven including boiling time. I have to agree with others that have said it won't fit into a 1lb loaf tin - I used a 20cm round tin and it was perfect! I only used 500g dried fruit mix as thats all I had but that is more than adequate. We like a lot of spice so I added 3tsps of mixed spice and also 3tbsp's of golden syrup with fantastic Christmas flavour results, might even add more next time as it was still quite mild. I don't usually like fruit cake but this is simply wonderful. It's moist, heavy and beautiful. I'm going to purchase some more fruit mix and make a few more cakes for friends and family. Fantastic recipe and has been added to my favourites, it's one that will be used year after year after year... I'd like to add also that this will be used as Christmas Cake for us. A real money saver as well as delicious! MARGE:--- If you feel like using the amounts in my review and the 20-22cm round tin, my cake was cooked in exactly 90 minutes at 150C. Hope this helps hun, don't be disheartened!! xx
Posted: 08 Nov 2011
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 Nutrition

  • Calories 506.3 kcal
  • Protein 3.5 g
  • Sugars 17.1 g
  • Total Fat 12.8 g
  • Saturated Fat 7.5 g
  • Salt 466 mg

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