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Homemade Irish Fruit Cake Recipe


Homemade Irish Fruit Cake Recipe Chef_irish / All my dishes
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Family Tradition...Irish Fruit Cake
Prep:3m Cook:312m Servings:6

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Ingredients
  • (2¼ cups) raisins, chopped
  • (2 ¼ cups) sultanas
  • (½ cup) glace cherries, quartered
  • (2/3 cup) chopped dates
  • ¼ cup chopped dried plums (prunes)
  • ¼ cup chopped glace pineapple
  • ¼ cup mixed peel
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 orange
  • 1/3 cup whisky
  • 1 small apple, peeled, grated
  • (6 oz.) butter
  • ¾ cup castor sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • ¼ cup chopped pecans or walnuts
  • ¼ cup ground almonds
  • 1½ cups plain flour
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions
  1. From lemon, squeeze 2 tablespoons juice and grate 1 teaspoon rind. From orange, squeeze ¼ cup juice and grate 1 teaspoon rind.
  2. Combine fruit in large bowl with rinds, juices, whisky and apple; cover, stand up to 3 weeks in cool dark place. Stir mixture every few days.
  3. Cream butter and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until combined, add eggs one at a time, beating until combined between each addition.
  4. Add to fruit mixture with nuts and sifted dry ingredients, mix well. Spread mixture into deep 19cm square or deep 23cm round prepared cake pan.
  5. Bake at 150°C for 3 to 3 ½ hours.

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