Best Ever Fruit Cake
This classic fruit-filled cake recipe yields a moist and flavorful treat that's perfect for any occasion. With a mix of sultanas, currants, raisins, and glace cherries, each bite offers a burst of fruity sweetness. Baked to golden perfection, this cake is best enjoyed after allowing the flavors to meld together, making it a delightful addition to your baking repertoire.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 175 grams Demerera Sugar
- 150 grams Sultanas
- 125 grams Currants
- 150 grams Seedless Raisins
- 300 ml Water
- 73 grams Glace Cherries, quartered
- 125 grams Butter or Margarine plus pinch of salt
- 1 Egg beaten
- 275 grams Self Raising Flour, sieved
- 50 grams Blanched Almonds (optional)
Instructions
- Put the sugar, sultanas, currants, raisins, water, cherries, butter or margarine, salt into a saucepan, bringing it to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes
- Pour into a mixing bowl and allow to cool. Pre heat the oven to 170 degrees / Gas Mark 3
- Grease and line with grease proof paper a 20 cm round cake tin
- Add the egg to the cooled fruit mixture and stir in well. Add the flour and mix well
- Turn into the prepared cake tin, smooth the top and arrange optional almonds on the top.
- Bake for 1.25 - 1.50 hours until risen and golden brown. Cool slightly before turning out. The cake improves with keeping.
Yield
Serves 8
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