A fruit cake was requested so Nan whipped this one up and managed to take a picture before Papa started eating it. “He took half to work. Hopefully he was going to share it.”
INGREDIENTS
450g sultanas
1 T golden syrup or maple syrup
250g butter.
Nan’s yellow boiled fruit cake
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Yellow boiled fruit cake.
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3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1tsp vanilla essence (or juice of half a lemon and some lemon zest)
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2 cups sifted self-raising flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup walnuts (optional)
METHOD
Place sultanas in a saucepan and cover
with 1 cup of water.
Bring to the boil adding golden syrup
(or maple syrup) and butter.
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Simmer lightly until melted. Cool.
In a bowl, beat the eggs, sugar and
vanilla essence together.
Add sifted flour and salt.
Add cooled sultana mix and walnuts if using.
Pour into greased cake tin.
Cook for one hour at about
150 deg C (Nan uses fanbake) or until knife inserted comes out clean.
Leave to cool, if you can bear waiting.
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