Simple Way to Prepare Jamie Oliver Boiled fruit cake

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, boiled fruit cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Combine the water, mixed fruit, sugar and butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Sift the flour, baking soda and mixed spice into a large bowl. Pour in the boiled mixture, and stir until well blended. This easy and forgiving recipe is inspired by a boiled fruit cake Andrew Zimmern tasted when visiting Newfoundland.

Boiled fruit cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Boiled fruit cake is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have boiled fruit cake using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Boiled fruit cake:

1. Get 500 g mixed fruit- I used raisins, dried cranberries, mixed peel
2. Prepare 400 g tin of tropical fruit with juices- crushed
3. Take 125 g butter - chopped
4. Take 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
5. Make ready 1 tablespoon brandy (sherry or orange juice is fine)
6. Make ready 1 cup (250 ml) size) soft brown sugar
7. Take 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
8. Take 1 cup (250 ml) size) self raising flour- you can use wholemeal
9. Get 1 cup plain flour
10. Prepare Grated nutmeg and orange peel
11. Prepare 2 eggs, lightly beaten
12. Get 180 C oven

Simple Boiled Fruit Cake is Minimalist Baking. This is a fruit cake made with minimal ingredients compared to a traditional fruit cake that you might make for Christmas. It also comes together with a lot less making. Yet you achieve the beautiful richness of a fruit cake, spiced and buttery with lots of fruit.

Steps to make Boiled fruit cake:

1. Place crushed tropical fruit, dried fruit, butter, sugar, vanilla essence and brandy in a saucepan and heat gently until the butter has melted.
2. Bring mixtures to the boil and then simmer for approx. 5 minutes
3. Cool
4. Sift plain flour, self-raising flour and bicarbonate of soda together
5. Add beaten eggs to cooled fruit mixture. Stir gently.
6. Add dry flour mixture and stir.
7. Place mixture in a prepared 20cm round cake tin. Sprinkle with sugar for a crunchy top (optional).
8. Bake 180C for approx 1.5 hours. Skewer test the middle after 1 hour 15 minutes to check if the cake is cooked or needs a little longer. Cool slightly then turn out onto a wire rack to cool fully.

It also comes together with a lot less making. Yet you achieve the beautiful richness of a fruit cake, spiced and buttery with lots of fruit. Method Melt butter over low heat with brown sugar, golden syrup, mixed fruit, cinnamon, nutmeg and rum. Turn off heat, add bicarbonate soda and mix thoroughly. Easy Fruit Cake: In a large saucepan, over medium heat, bring to a boil the sugar, water, butter, spices, and dried fruit.

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