Quick fruit cake (boiled fruit cake)
A fast and delicious fruit cake that needs no alcohol or soaking !
Ingredients
- 250 grams or about 2 cups dried fruits raisins , prunes, plums , berries etc
- 50 grams or 1/4 cup candied fruit or fruit peel tutti fruity
- 200 grams or 1 packed cup brown sugar
- 56 grams or 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 240 ml or 1 cup water
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 185 grams or 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 C / 350 F. Butter or grease an 8 inch square tin . Dust well with flour and line bottom with parchment .
- Whisk together the flour, salt , baking soda and cinnamon . Keep aside.
- Whisk together the eggs and vanilla. Keep aside.
- In a saucepan , measure out the dried fruit , sugar , butter and water. On high heat , bring to boil.
- Once the butter melts and the mixture is boiling , simmer on low heat for 10 minutes , stirring occasionally.
- Take off heat and let cool down for few minutes.
- Add in the candied fruit if using.
- Add the whisked eggs and whisk until incorporated.
- Add the flour and mix until you have a thick flow batter.
- Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 28 to 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes and unmould to cool completely on wire rack.
Notes
This cake is best eaten the next day and can be stored wrapped well for 10 days or longer.
If you wish , you can feed (brush) the cake with rum or orange juice .
Make sure your fruit are chopped small or they will sink to the bottom (like some of my plums have!).
Also make sure they are deseeded !
You can cool the boiled mixture completely but if you'd rather not wait that long , cool for few minutes. Keep whisking as you add eggs so they don't get cooked . Add the flour immediately after the eggs are incorporated.
You can increase the spices to upto 3-4 tsp and use cinnamon , powdered ginger , powdered clove, mixed spice etc.
If you wish , you can feed (brush) the cake with rum or orange juice .
Make sure your fruit are chopped small or they will sink to the bottom (like some of my plums have!).
Also make sure they are deseeded !
You can cool the boiled mixture completely but if you'd rather not wait that long , cool for few minutes. Keep whisking as you add eggs so they don't get cooked . Add the flour immediately after the eggs are incorporated.
You can increase the spices to upto 3-4 tsp and use cinnamon , powdered ginger , powdered clove, mixed spice etc.