Homemade Fruit Cake
By Karen
Thorne
Many of my guests tell me that the decision making factor on my
website was the promise of homemade fruitcake on demand.
The cake sits between the rooms and guests can help themselves
whenever a dose of the munchies hits them - though I was surprised
to see 2 pieces disappear last week between going down to start on
breakfast at 7.00am and popping upstairs again at 7.15!
I started with an AGA fruitcake recipe and have adapted it over
the years to my own.
Now the funny thing is I really do not like fruitcake and have
never tasted my own. It is one of the reasons I cook it as
otherwise I would be double the size I am already - luckily I have
a willing tester in my husband.
As my B&B guests seemed to be enjoying it so much and were
pigging out for free I decided it was the ideal opportunity to
raise some money for our local Community Hospital, so I had some
recipe postcards made up which I invite fruit cake loving guests to
buy in return for a donation.So now your turn to contribute. I have
copied my secret fruit cake recipe below.
If you try it then please donate a small amount to the charity
of your choice - Calories without guilt - perfect.
Enjoy
12oz mixed fruit
9oz self raising flour
6oz butter melted
6oz sugar ( caster, brown whatever )
2tsps of cinnamon or mixed spice
1tbs marmalade
6 eggs ( free range only please )
Mix together dry ingredients with the marmalade. Add eggs and
butter and mix well
Line two 1lb loaf tines or one 8inch round cake tin with silicon
paper ( I use those cake tin liners you just pop in - perfect and
very quick ).
Put in cake mix and cook in the bottom of the AGA for 1.5 - 2.5
hours.
Sorry I can not be more exact but the timing varies ( and it has
taken about 30 seconds to prepare so far - so a little attention
now is no bad thing! ) - you are looking for just cooked and
slightly squidgy. Slightly springy when you press the middle but
not rock hard.
If you do not have an AGA then a conventional oven at about 140
degrees C should do it
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