300g Dried Fruits

115g Butter

100g Dark Brown Sugar

2 Eggs

285g Plain Flour

4 tsp Baking Powder

Optional

6 tbsp Rum or Brandy

1 tsp Cinnamon

1 tsp Mixed Spice

Zest of 1 Orange

Zest of 1 Lemon

Super moist boiled fruit cake

I got this recipe from our lovely neighbours Barbara and John.

Take a large pan add the dried fruits or mixture (Sultanas, Currents, Cranberries, Apricots, diced Dates). Add the butter and brown sugar. Cover with hot water so that all ingredients are submerged and boil/simmer for 20 minutes.

Take the pan off the heat and let the mixture cool.
In the meantime mix the eggs and sift the measured flour.

Once the cake mixture had time to cool slightly, all the spices and rum if using. Add the whisked eggs and fold gently. Then add the sifted flour and mix until you have a smooth cake batter.

Transfer into a greased cake tin and bake at low heat. Bake for 1:45 hours at 120ºC (140ºC no fan or gas mark 2).

Check with a skewer if the cake is ready. The skewer should come out clean, if not bake for longer. Leave to cool for 10min, then transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool completely before cutting and serving.