Traditional Fruit Cake
By: Monique
Published: Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 2:15pm

Ingredients




6 ounces flour
8 ounces margarine or butter
8 ounces sugar
4 eggs
1 pound raisins
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 ounces mixed peel
4 ounces cherries
1/2 pound prunes, chopped
1 cup wine/brandy
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 finely grated rind of lime/lemon
2 tablespoons browning (or burnt brown sugar)

Preparation

1 Cream butter, sugar and browning until soft and fluffy. 2 Sieve all dry ingredients together. 3 Beat eggs, wine/brandy together. 4 Add egg mixture to creamed butter and sugar. 5 Add fruits. 6 Add flour and fold in. Do no over-beat when mixing. 7 Bake at 350F for 1 1/2 hours. 8 Yield: 9' round cake.

Comments:
Monique

takes at least 1 1/2 hours to bake.
Barnaby Dorfman

Nice recipe, but can you explain what "browning" is?
Monique

Browning is made from burnt sugar! it is used to make this kind of cake brown (Dark) or u may use molases instead.