Fruit Cake (Boiled) Recipe

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Category:	Category: Cakes & Muffins

Ingredients:	Ingredients: 1 cup water 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup butter 1½ cups raisins, chopped 3 cups golden raisins 1⅔ cups currants 1 cup glace cherries, chopped ⅓ cup candied mixed peel ⅓ cup glace pineapple, chopped ½ tsp. cinnamon ½ tsp. nutmeg ½ tsp. ginger ½ tsp. allspice 1 tsp. baking soda 3 eggs 3 cups all purpose flour 4 tsps. baking powder ¼ cup rum or dry sherry

Directions:	Directions: Preheat oven to 350ºF. Cook over low heat to melt butter. Blend in water, brown sugar all the fruits, spices and baking soda. Allow to cool. Sift flour together with baking powder. Add flour and eggs to fruit mixture and mix evenly. Place mixture in double lined 8" square cake tin. Use buttered brown paper, cutting paper 2" taller than tin. Bake for 1½ - 2 hours. Insert wooden skewer to test cake is cooked. When done, carefully turn out cake on rack and remove paper. Drizzle rum over warm cake. Cool completely. Wrap in wax paper and aluminum foil to store.

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Fruit Cake (Boiled) Recipe

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