My Moist Boiled Fruitcake

This fruit cake is very moist and mildly sweetened.

Ingredients A

175 gm unsalted butter

220 gm brown sugar 

1 kilogram mixed dried fruits- raisins orange peel,glazed cherries and sultanas

100 gm almonds (optional)

zest of 1 lemon

applesauce made from 1 green apple (cut up apple and cook with a little water to a puree)

1 teaspoon each cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg

2 tablespoon black treacle

250 ml water or orange juice

Ingredients B
250 gm plain flour(sifted together with the baking powder)
1 teaspoon baking powder50 gm samolina flour


3 eggs - beaten

1/2 a cup of simple sugar syrup - made by boiling equal amount of sugar and water and once cooled add a teaspoon of vanilla extract.


In a saucepan boil all Ingredient A until the fruits are soft.Leave to cool for 35 min
Preheat oven to 150degrees Celsius. Grease and lined an 8in round pan.

When the boiled fruit mixture is cool,  stir in the beaten egg and finally fold in Ingredient B. Bake for 1 and a half hour. 

Take out from the oven and poke some holes in the cake . Using a brush, brush half a cup of sugar syrup all over to the top of the cake.