I do not resist the pleasure to publish the recipe my english friend Elisabeth mailed me. Last year we were enjoying so much her "boiled cake" with a "nice cup of tea" sat in front of her chimney in Four Marks.
"This is the basic recipe for what is unappetisingly
called a "boiled cake". When I make it for Christmas I add a lot of glace
cherries to the fruit. For a Christmas cake I make it about 10 days before so
that I can "feed" it for a few days with a small tot of brandy each day - not
too much as it will just run through! You have to
experiment.
Boiled Cake
1cup (large tea cup/small mug) water
1 cup brown sugar
110 grammes butter (+or-)
500g mixed dried fruit
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1teaspoon mixed spice
Mix together in a saucepan and bring to the
boil.
Simmer 10-15 mins
Allow to cool (does not have to be
cold)
2cups self raising flour
2eggs
Mix into boiled mixture
Turn into cake tin (16-20 cm
diameter)
Bake on middle shelf @ 150 centigrade for 11/2-2
hours
Turn out on to wire rack to cool
Cover with marzipan a couple of days before
icing.
"Bonne Chance!", Vanessa da Mata and Ben Harper are connecting me with my son as we both are listening this song, him in Fuerteventura Beach (Canaries Islands) relaxing with his IPhone and I working in Zaragoza (Spain)
Nancy White from Seattle posted this "tender video" on her blog assuming that maybe the Monday morning need to be boosted by "Max" ( Thanks to Tom Munneke). So enjoy "MoMday"!
