Homemade Irish Fruit Cake
From chef_irish 17 years agoIngredients
- (2ΒΌ cups) raisins, chopped shopping list
- (2 ΒΌ cups) sultanas shopping list
- (Β½ cup) glace cherries, quartered shopping list
- (2/3 cup) chopped dates shopping list
- ΒΌ cup chopped dried plums (prunes) shopping list
- ΒΌ cup chopped glace pineapple shopping list
- ΒΌ 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
- ΒΎ cup castor sugar shopping list
- 3 eggs shopping list
- ΒΌ cup chopped pecans or walnuts shopping list
- ΒΌ cup ground almonds shopping list
- 1Β½ cups plain flour shopping list
- ΒΌ teaspoon ground nutmeg shopping list
- ΒΌ teaspoon ground cinnamon shopping list
How to make it
- From lemon, squeeze 2 tablespoons juice and grate 1 teaspoon rind. From orange, squeeze ΒΌ 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 150Β°C for 3 to 3 Β½ hours.
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