Fruit Cake Recipe: A tasty springtime treat

Our boiled fruit cake recipe is the perfect way to use up dried fruit left over from making your Christmas pudding, or dried cranberries and apricots. This is a firm enough cake to cut up and wrap to be a treat in your pocket on a spring walk.

It’s important to eat a balanced diet, HC3S put together our school menus to ensure children eat their five-a-day recommendations.

2 x1lb or 1 x 2lb loaf tin, lined, sides and base

Ingredients

• Dried fruit 454gr (1lb)
• Margarine 170gr (6oz)
• Granulated or demerara sugar 170gr (6oz)
• Water 180ml (6fl oz)
• Flour 340gr (12oz)
• Baking powder 21gr
• 4 x eggs
• Mixed spice (optional) 1tsp

Method

1. Simmer together fruit, margarine, sugar and water in a covered pan for 20 minutes.
2. Allow to cool.
3. Add flour, baking powder and eggs to the cool ingredients.
4. Mix well.
5. Bake in a greased and lined tin (2x1lb or 1x2lb loaf lined tin), cook at 150 degrees for approximately 2 hours for a 2lb cake or 45 minutes for a 1lb cake.
6. Check the centre of the cake with a skewer to ensure it’s cooked through.