Easiest-Ever Fruitcake Recipe (Boil & Bake)
Easy fruit cake recipe! No creaming, beating, or soaking of fruit is required. Just boil and then bake.
Servings: 6 to 8
Equipment
- 22 cm Cake Pan
Ingredients
- 500 g mixed dried fruit
- 100 g candied peel chopped
- 175 g sugar
- 175 g butter chopped
- 120 ml orange juice
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3 tablespoon brandy if use
- 3 eggs
- 175 g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
- 50 g semolina
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170°C.
- Grease and line the pan. Cover the pan with paper or aluminum foil.
- Place the mixed fruit, candied peel, sugar, butter, orange juice, and lemon juice in a large pot and bring to a boil. Boil-off the excess water for about 15 minutes on low heat. Stir often to keep it from burning.
- Take the pan off the heat. Add brandy if using, mix until well combined, and then allow to cool.
- When the mixture has cooled, add the eggs and mix well until well combined.
- Sift the flour together with spices and baking powder.
- Add Sifted flour and semolina and then mix well.
- Pour into the prepared pan and smooth the surface.
- Bake for 170°C for 30 min, 160°C for 30 min.
- When the cake is done, a skewer inserted into the center should come out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 1 hour, then turn out onto a wire rack and remove the paper.
- Feed it with more brandy if you like. Poke with a skewer every inch or so, and spoon brandy into the holes.
- Wrap in waxed paper and store in a cool place until serving. If you chill it in the fridge for a day it tastes better.
- Serve & Enjoy