Easy (Boiled) Christmas Fruit Cake # Christmas baking contest#

Name: Easy (Boiled) Christmas Fruit Cake # Christmas baking contest#
Total time: 4500 s
Yield: 1 Loaf
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1.5 Cups APF/ Self raising flour; 2 large eggs; 1/2 Cup Brown sugar; 1/2 Cup Granulated sugar; 1 Cup Water; 1/4 Cup Butter/ Margarine; 1 Cup Raisins/Blackcurrants (or half of each); 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp Vanilla essence; 1 Cup Tutti frutti; 1 tsp Cake spice (nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon); 1/4 Cup Cashewnuts

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

Mombasa, Kenya

Its Christmas! We need a fruit cake - this is the simplest fruit cake recipe without alcohol or having to soak fruits for long. Added nuts just to give it that crunchiness!

Kezengwa Irene @IKezengwa

Mombasa, Kenya

Its Christmas! We need a fruit cake - this is the simplest fruit cake recipe without alcohol or having to soak fruits for long. Added nuts just to give it that crunchiness!

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Ingredients

1hr 15 mins

1 Loaf

1.5 CupsAPF/ Self raising flour
2large eggs
1/2 CupBrown sugar
1/2 CupGranulated sugar
1 CupWater
1/4 CupButter/ Margarine
1 CupRaisins/Blackcurrants (or half of each)
1 tspsalt
1 tspVanilla essence
1 CupTutti frutti
1 tspCake spice (nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon)
1/4 CupCashewnuts

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Steps

1hr 15 mins

1

In a pot, add in water, raisins. tutti frutti, sugar and butter and mix well.
2

Add in your cake spice with salt and let it boil/simmer for 5 mins only
3

Let it cool to luke warm. The add in your eggs and essence - mix well.
4

Fold in your flour. Then add in your chopped nuts.
5

Pour in your lined/greased tin and bake in a preheated oven for 40 - 50 mins or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
6

Cool completely and serve!