Mum's boiled fruit cake
Mum's boiled fruit cake

Mum's boiled fruit cake

  • DifficultyCapable cooks
  • Prep0:15
  • Cook2:05
  • Serves 10
oldsheila
by oldsheila Last updated on 11/07/2024

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Ingredients

  • 450 g canned pineapple crushed
  • 375 g Woolworths Mixed Fruit
  • 125 g raisins
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 125 g butter
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 cup self-raising flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup plain flour
  • 60 g pecans chopped optional

Method

  • Step 1
    Combine the first 8 ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to the boil and simmer for approximately 5 minutes. Cool.
  • Step 2
    To the cooled mixture, add the self-raising flour and 1 egg. Mix well. Add the plain flour and the other egg.
  • Step 3
    Mix in the pecans.
  • Step 4
    Place mixture into a well greased and floured 20cm x 20cm cake tin.
    Mum's boiled fruit cake
  • Step 5
    Bake for approximately 2 hours at 150C.
Recipe Notes

This freezes well.

If you like the sound of this recipe, you might also like this Plum Pudding.

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