Boiled fruit loaf
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Preparation Time: 8 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Serves: Makes 1 loaf
This sticky cake is quick and easy to make and will keep well if stored in an airtight container.
Ingredients
250ml (200 g) caramel or light brown sugar
250ml water
150g butter or margarine
500ml (300 g) dried fruit cake mix
125g glace cherries, halved
5ml ground cinnamon
2ml ground cloves
5ml ground ginger
5ml vanilla essence
450ml (250 g) Snowflake cake flour
3ml Snowflake baking powder
5ml bicarbonate of soda
2ml salt
2 extra-large eggs
Method
- Combine sugar, water, butter, fruit cake mix, cherries and spices in a medium heavy-based saucepan. Boil over medium heat for about 8 minutes. Remove from heat and leave to cool until lukewarm.
- Lightly whisk eggs and essence together.
- Sift flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt together. Add dry ingredients to cooked fruit mixture and mix well. Add egg mixture and stir well.
- Spoon mixture into a lined and greased 22.5 cm loaf pan. Bake in a preheated oven at 160 °C for about 1 hour. Leave in pan for a few minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
- Wrap and store for a few days.
