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I was given this recipe by a friend who swears by it and she is so right! It gives a lovely moist fruitcake and is very easy to make. Enjoy!

Fantastically moist fruit cake

Ingredients

  • 175g butter chopped
    200g dark muscovado sugar
    750g mixed dried fruit
    grated zest and juice of 1 orange
    zest of 1 lemon
    100ml brandy
    85g blanched almonds – optional
    3 large eggs – beaten
    200g plain flour
    0.5 tsp baking powder
    3 tsp mixed spice

Instructions

    Put butter, sugar, fruit, zests, juice and brandy in a large pan and bring slowly to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 mins stir occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool for 30 mins. Heat oven to 150/gas 2/fan 130 and line tin. Stir eggs and nuts if using into the fruit mix pan. Stir in flour, baking powder and spices until no trace of the flour. Pour into pan and smooth down level.

  1. Bake for 45 mins then turn down the heat to 140/gas 1/fan 120 and cook for further 1 – 1hr 15 (1hr 45 mins if gas)
  2. Remove from oven and allow to cool in tin.