Fabulous Boiled Fruitcake Food

FABULOUS BOILED FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Place the sugar, water,margarine, bicarbonate of soda and dried fruit in a medium saucepan and slowly bring to the boil. As soon as it starts to boil, remove and leave to completely cool.
• Add the well beaten egg, mixed spice, pinch of salt, and the flour; mix well.
• Line a 9-inch cake tin. Cook at approximately 170°C for about an hour to an hour and a quarter.
• To stop it drying out while cooling, it's advisable to drape a clean tea towel over the cake after about half an hour.
• NB - if you are in a hurry for the fruit to cool - place saucepan in some cold water in the sink, iit will cool in under half the time.

BOILED FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan, and line with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
• Combine the water, mixed fruit, sugar and butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, and boil gently for about 10 minutes. Sift the flour, baking soda and mixed spice into a large bowl. Pour in the boiled mixture, and stir until well blended. Mix in the eggs. Pour into the greased loaf pan.
• Bake for 90 minutes in the preheated oven, until a skewer or knife inserted into the top comes out clean. Cool cake in the pan for at least 10 minutes before removing.

BOILED FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Place dried fruit, mixed peel, cherries, water, brandy, sugar and butter in pan.
• Heat gently, bring the boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Take of heat and add the bicarb soda, stirring through, mixture will foam up a bit. Leave until cold.
• Sift flours and spices.
• Mix the eggs through the fruit mixture, then combine with dry ingredient.
• Pour into a lined 18cm square cake pan or 18cm round cake pan.
• Wet your hand and flatten top of cake.
• Bake at 150C for 1 hour.
• Cool in pan covered with a tea towel.

BOILED FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350f.
• Place the sugar, water, fruit, peel, glace cherries, almond, spices, soda and butter in a saucepan.
• Bring to the boil stirring constantly.
• Remove from the heat when it reaches the boil, and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
• Add the beaten egg, sifted flours and pour into a prepared tin-greased and lined 7 inch square or 8 inch round cake tin.
• Bake for 1 hour, allow to cool in the tin for 15 minutes before removing to cool on a rack.

BOILED FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Put the first 7 ingredients into saucepan and bring to boil. Simmer for 2 minutes. Turn off and allow to cool a little.
• Beat 2 eggs well.
• Sift plain and SR flours tegether.
• Add well beaten eggs to cooled fruit mixture. Fold in sifted flour.
• Place mixture into a well greased, lined 20cm (8") cake tin and bake in moderate oven (180C or 350F) for 1 hour.

BOILED FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, place the mixed fruit, butter & water.
• Add marmalade and mixed spice, and mix together.
• Bring to boil over medium heat then boil gently for 5 minutes.
• Add bicarb soda and stir.
• Leave to cool.
• When cool, add 2 eggs and mix well.
• Gently fold in flour.
• Turn into a 20cm greased cake tin.
• Bake at 150 degrees celsius for 20 minutes.
• Then, 125 degrees celsius for 20 minutes or until cooked.
• Turn on to a wire rack.
• 1 tablespoon of rum can be drizzled over the top.
• Notes: Orange juice or rum can be used instead of water.
• Fan-forced electric oven used.

BOILED PASSIONFRUIT FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• combine passionfruit pulp, mixed fruit, orange and butter in a pan.
• bring to boil.
• reduce heat.
• simmer uncovered 3 minutes.
• remove from heat to cool to room temperature.
• stir in eggs and dry ingredients.
• pour into greased and base lined deep 20cm round tin.
• bake in moderately slow oven about 1 1/4 hours.