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.
*Picture from
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/boiledfruitcake_66339.shtml Twitter :
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