Recipe and source notes

Traditional Fruit Cake

10 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 6 ounces flour
  • 8 ounces margarine or butter
  • 8 ounces sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 pound raisins
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 ounces mixed peel
  • 4 ounces cherries
  • 1/2 pound prunes, chopped
  • 1 cup wine/brandy
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 finely grated rind of lime/lemon
  • 2 tablespoons browning (or burnt brown sugar)

Make it step by step

  1. Cream butter, sugar and browning until soft and fluffy.
  2. Sieve all dry ingredients together.
  3. Beat eggs, wine/brandy together.
  4. Add egg mixture to creamed butter and sugar.
  5. Add fruits.
  6. Add flour and fold in. Do no over-beat when mixing.
  7. Bake at 350F for 1 1/2 hours.
  8. Yield: 9' round cake.

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Recipe source

Adapted from Foodista by Monique, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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