This recipe is my own and adapted from a recipe given to me by Mrs Audrey Hill of Tarlee South Australia about 20 years ago
I use this recipe for my Christmas Cake
This will be one of the best boiled fruit cakes you will ever taste,why wait for Christmas.
I have used both grams and ounces for different countries
Use a 22 cm / 8 inch cake pan greased and lined three times with baking paper
Bake in a 150c / 130c fan forced or 300 f
Ingredients
Make up 1kilo /35oz of mixed dried fruit -Chop coarsely.
Just a note here! I used 200gm/7oz of each of these fruits,mixed dried fruit,sultanas,dates,apricots and glace cherries. You can use what ever you like.
250 gm/ 8oz Butter chopped.
275gm/ 9oz Firm packed brown sugar
1 cup Sherry,Brandy or Fruit juice
2 Tablespoons Golden Syrup
2 Tablespoons Apricot or Fig Jam
1 Tablespoon Mixed Spice
Place all these ingredients into a large saucepan bring to boil, and boil for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and pour into a large mixing bowl and allow to cool.
I heat my oven here.
When cool add these ingredients
First 2 teaspoons of Bi-carb soda.Stir well
4 eggs lightly beaten Pour into the batter your beaten eggs and stir well through
225 gm/8oz Plain flour Sifted
75 gm/ 3oz Self Raising Flour Sifted
Add both these flours a bit at a time and stir well through.
Pour batter into your prepared cake pan and gently tap pan to remove any air bubbles.
Place in middle shelf of your pre-heated oven
Cook 2 1/2 to 3 hours or when a skewer pierced into centre of cake comes out clean.
You can brush the cake with a little more Sherry or Brandy if desired,cover with foil and let cool in the pan.
Decorate now as desired.
Some people like to cover with Marzipan and Royal Icing,just the white icing or almonds or cherries.
Whimsical Christmas Snowman Cake Plate/Stand for Festive Holiday Dining
