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Boiled fruit cake

Boiled fruit cake
Prepare
less than 30 mins
Cook
1 to 2 hours
Serve
Serves 8

This sticky cake is easy to make, deliciously textured and will keep well if stored in an airtight container.

By Sharon Holmes

From Hairy Bikers' Meals on Wheels

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Ingredients

Recipe tips

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 150C/130C Fan/Gas 3. Grease and line a 900g/2lb loaf tin.

  2. Place the margarine, mixed fruit and nuts, sugar, bicarbonate of soda and brandy in a large pan along with 6 tablespoons of cold water and bring to the boil. Take the pan off the heat and allow to cool.

  3. When the mixture has cooled, add the plain flour, self-raising flour, egg, baking powder, mixed spice and glacé cherries and mix well. Pour into the loaf tin and bake for 1 hour 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Recipe tips

If you are making this as a dairy-free recipe, check the margarine before using. Some brands will not be dairy free, but many are.

This recipe can easily be doubled if you want to make one cake for now and one for later.