Manor House Fruitcake

Name: Manor House Fruitcake
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 175 gm Butter, softened; 75 gm soft Brown sugar, light or dark, your choice; 100 gm caster sugar; 3 eggs; 225 gm self raising flour; 200 gm mixed dried fruit; 2 Tbsp lemon juice; 4 Tbsp Demerara sugar

Panda.s @cook_3715208

London/ Essex Border. U.K.

Wife likes Mr Kiplings, so i experimented and came up with this.

Panda.s @cook_3715208

London/ Essex Border. U.K.

Wife likes Mr Kiplings, so i experimented and came up with this.

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Ingredients

60 ninutes

175 gmButter, softened
75 gmsoft Brown sugar, light or dark, your choice
100 gmcaster sugar
3eggs
225 gmself raising flour
200 gmmixed dried fruit
2 Tbsplemon juice
4 TbspDemerara sugar

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Steps

60 ninutes

1

Preheat oven to 180c, 170 fan, line a 7 inch round tin
2

Cream butter, soft Brown and caster sugar until light and fluffy.
3

Add lightly beaten eggs, one at a time mix well, if mixture separates add spoonful of flour.
4

Fold in flour, then dried fruit, then lemon juice.
5

Spoon into prepared tin, level top and sprinkle all over with Demerara sugar, lightly press into surface.
6

Cook for 60 minutes, check after 40 minutes and cover with foil to prevent over-browning.
7

Cake is cooked when skewer or toothpick comes out clean. (Hence the hole in the picture !)
8

Allow to cool in tin for 5-10 minutes, turn out on to wire rack and allow to cool completely.
9

Enjoy
10

You can substitute just sultannas for the mixed dried fruit.

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Panda.s @cook_3715208

on June 28, 2018 08:33

London/ Essex Border. U.K.

When I left school I trained as a chef,worked in 5*London hotel for a few years.Drifted into transport planning,retired, do most of the cooking at home.Now have more time to play (experiment) in the kitchen, like to add my own twist to recipes ( my wife calls it 'tampering'!) bake bread and make / decorate novelty cakes for family and close friends.Two daughters and three grandchildren. Celebrated Ruby wedding anniversary with wife Pam 2014.

Julie Thomson @cook_17183384

October 27, 2020 22:44

Bake this often and it is truly delicious. I was looking for a Mr Kipling Manor House cake and found it - better than Mr K’s effort by a mile. Keeps well - if it lasts that long!