water, bicarbonate of soda & mixed spice, bring to a rolling boil and cook for 1 minute. 2. Cool the mixture for 15 minutes, stirring often, before gradually adding the beaten eggs
BoiledFruitCakes are a Northern Irish thing. Don’t let the name put you off – they are actually one of the moistest most flavoursome fruitcakes you could wish for
Sieve the flour, baking powder and mixed spice into the boiledfruit mixture. There is also invariably an array of dried fruit which is begging to be used before it reaches a state of permanent mummification
It’s no secret I’m a fan of cake, and I love making a Christmas FruitCake. First, place all the fruit in a large bowl, sprinkle ofver the alcohol, cover and leave to soak overnight
Before I baked cakes for a living I really wasn’t a fruitcake fan at all. I now love fruitcake. But I still pull it out of its safe little spot in the back of my favourite recipe book every year…I always use this recipe for my fruit wedding cakes too
Traditional Style FruitCake (but with Mulled Wine). For the deluxe chocolate version, mix the extra ingredients (melted butter and chocolate) into the batter before adding fruit
This week, it was Victorian week on The Great British Bake Off and the contestants had to make game pie, a tennis court fruitcake and a Charlotte Russe
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