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Traditional Boiled Fruit Cake

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PREP TIME
15 min
COOKING TIME
90 min
TOTAL TIME
105 min
SERVINGS
12 servings
Dessert Irish
Traditional Boiled Fruit Cake
Ingredients
  • 1 cup water
  • 4 cups candied mixed fruit
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon mixed spice
  • 2 eggs, beaten
Instructions
1
Heat your oven to a moderate temperature of three hundred degrees Fahrenheit (one fifty degrees Celsius).
2
To prevent the loaf pan from sticking, lightly coat it with a non-stick cooking spray or line it with a sheet of parchment paper or aluminum foil.
3
Combine the water, mixed fruit, granulated sugar and softened butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a rolling boil, stirring occasionally, and simmer gently for approximately ten minutes.
4
Sift the dry ingredients - including flour, baking soda and mixed spice - into a large mixing vessel. Gradually pour in the boiled mixture, stirring until everything is well combined.
5
Introduce the eggs into the mixture and blend until smooth. Pour the cake batter into the prepared loaf pan.
6
Bake the cake for ninety minutes in the preheated oven, or until a skewer or knife inserted into the top comes out clean.
7
Allow the cake to cool in the pan for at least ten minutes before removing it from the loaf pan.