Home Baking Idea: Boiled Fruit Cake

I love this fruit cake; it is easy yet yummy.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Water
  
• 210g Butter
  
• 20g Brown sugar
  
• 300g Raisins
  
• 300g Mixed fruits
  
• 2 tsp Mixed spice
  
• 1½ tsp Bicarbonate of soda
  
• 2 ⅔ cups Flour (sieved)
  
• 5 Eggs (beaten)

Baking accessories:

• 3 Aluminium containers (lined)

Method:

1. Boil the ingredients (a - f) in a pot for 10 minutes with low to medium fire. Add in 1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda to the mixture and turn the fire to slow; cook a little while, off fire and let cool.

2. Add in 2 ⅔ cups of flour and 5 beaten eggs alternatively into the boiled mixture



3. Transfer the mixture into 3 lined aluminium containers with ½ full. Bake for 35 minutes at 180º C.



4. Take the baked fruit cakes out and let cool

5. Perfect to be served with a cup of coffee or tea, even a glass of wine on special occasions. Yummy...:Q