Easiest most economical fruit cake recipe (perfect for arthritic hands)



Easiest most economical fruit cake recipe (perfect for arthritic hands) from jintzy

nut free can make in advance ok to freeze vegetarian
Category Cakes and biscuits recipes
ServesNot stated
Prep time20 mins
Cook time2 hours

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Ingredients

340g (3/4 lb) dried fruit
225g (1/2 lb) sugar
225g (1/2 lb) cooking marg boil all these together for 3 mins, allow to cool
450g (1lb) self-raising flour sifted with mixed spice
1 egg beaten with 1/4 litre (1/2 pint) milk.

Handy Hint

You can add treacle, marmalade, nuts etc or sprinkle demerara sugar on top

Method

1. Boil the first three ingredients together for 3 mins and allow to cool)
2. Mix everything together, tip into lined tin, cover with double foil, bake at 180C for 2 hrs, removing foil for last half hour.

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From: jintzy on Thu 20-Sep-12 18:01:24 Overall rating: 0.0