Boiled Fruitcake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 2/3 cups mixed fruit (eg currants, raisins, golden raisins, dates, prunes, dried cherries or cranberries)
• 1/3 cup mixed peel
• 1/3 cup glace cherries
• 1/3 cup slivered almonds
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice (similar to spice)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 cup self raising flour
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs (beaten)

Recipe

• 1 preheat your oven to 350f.
• 2 place the sugar, water, fruit, peel, glace cherries, almond, spices, soda and butter in a saucepan.
• 3 bring to the boil stirring constantly.
• 4 remove from the heat when it reaches the boil, and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
• 5 add the beaten egg, sifted flours and pour into a prepared tin-greased and lined 7 inch square or 8 inch round cake tin.
• 6 bake for 1 hour, allow to cool in the tin for 15 minutes before removing to cool on a rack.