FESTIVE CHRISTMAS CAKE
Recipe and photo: Tracy Anne Kerwan Behrens
FOOD LOVERS RECIPES
250 g butter
1 kg Fruitmix
1 cup brown sugar
500 ml water
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon ginger
½ teaspoon allspice
3 eggs
1 teaspoon bicarb of soda
Boil sugar, water and butter till butter is melted. Leave to cool.
Add fruit cake mix and boil for a further 15 min. Leave to cool.
Add the spices and stir through.
Add bicarb and stir through (it bubbles, don’t stress).
Add eggs and mix.
Add sifted flour and fold into mixture.
Pour into a greased 22 cm cake tin.
Bake at 160°C for 1.5 hours.
Add ½ cup of brandy or tropical juice over the cake to keep moist.
Decorate as desired.
Its the Fruit & Veg city Festive fruit cake recipe. Seems a bit lighter than normal, possibly because it has real butter in it.
