Homemade Irish Fruit Cake
From chef_irish 15 years agoIngredients
- (2¼ cups) raisins, chopped shopping list
- (2 ¼ cups) sultanas shopping list
- (½ cup) glace cherries, quartered shopping list
- (2/3 cup) chopped dates shopping list
- ¼ cup chopped dried plums (prunes) shopping list
- ¼ cup chopped glace pineapple shopping list
- ¼ cup mixed peel shopping list
- 1 lemon shopping list
- 1 orange shopping list
- 1/3 cup whisky shopping list
- 1 small apple, peeled, grated shopping list
- (6 oz.) butter shopping list
- ¾ cup castor sugar shopping list
- 3 eggs shopping list
- ¼ cup chopped pecans or walnuts shopping list
- ¼ cup ground almonds shopping list
- 1½ cups plain flour shopping list
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg shopping list
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon shopping list
How to make it
- From lemon, squeeze 2 tablespoons juice and grate 1 teaspoon rind. From orange, squeeze ¼ cup juice and grate 1 teaspoon rind.
- 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.
- Cream butter and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until combined, add eggs one at a time, beating until combined between each addition.
- 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.
- Bake at 150°C for 3 to 3 ½ hours.
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