FESTIVE CHRISTMAS CAKE
Ingredients:
250g Butter
1 kg Fruitmix
1 Cup Brown sugar
500ml Water
2 Cups flour
1 t/s cinnamon
1/2 t/s ginger
1/2 t/s allspice
3 Eggs
1 t/s bicarb of soda
Method:
1. Boil sugar, water and butter till butter is melted. Leave to cool.
2. Add fruit cake mix and boil for a further 15 min. Leave to cool.
3. Add the spices and stir through.
4. Add bicarb and stir through (it bubbles, don’t stress)
5. Add eggs and mix
6. Add sifted flour and fold into mixture.
7. Pour into a greased 22cm cake tin.
8. Bake at 160 for 1.5 hours.
9. Add 1/2 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.
RECIPE AND PICTURE: Tracy Anne Kerwan Behrens
