Granny P’s boil and bake fruit cake
Description
Recipe makes two cakes.
Chris Page shares his family recipe for Granny P’s boil and bake fruit cake
Ingredients
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 140°C fan oven/275°F/gas mark 1.
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Line a loaf tin with baking paper.
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In a saucepan, add the fruit, sugar, butter and water. Simmer slowly for 10 minutes until the fruit is swollen,
then allow the fruit to cool. -
Add the eggs to the fruit mixture and stir in the sifted flour.
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Place the cake mixture into the tin and scatter with almonds.
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Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes or until cooked through – I always check mine after 1 hour.
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Leave to cool, make a cuppa, cut a slice – and enjoy!
