Boiled Fruit Cake (Edmonds Cookery Book recipe)
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- Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
500 g Mixed Dried FruitWater250 g Butter1 1/2 cups Sugar3 Eggs (beaten)3 cups Plain White Flour4 tsp Baking Powder1/2 tsp Almond Essence1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence
Put mixed dried fruit in a saucepan. Add just enough water to cover fruit. Cover and bring to the boil. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and sugar, stirring constantly until butter has melted. Allow to cool (hence long prep time). Beat in eggs. Sift flour and baking powder into fruit mixture, stirring to combine. Stir in almond and vanilla essences. Line a 23cm square cake tin with two layers of brown paper followed by one layer of baking paper. Spoon mixture into cake tin. Bake at 160'C for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until an inserted skewer comes out clean when tested. Leave in tin until cold.
This cake made in a 20cm diameter round tin makes; 12, 1 1/2" x 3" long wedges.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KERIANNEH1.
This cake made in a 20cm diameter round tin makes; 12, 1 1/2" x 3" long wedges.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KERIANNEH1.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 514.4
- Total Fat: 19.0 g
- Cholesterol: 107.3 mg
- Sodium: 203.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 81.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
- Protein: 6.2 g
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