Fruit cake recipes - 11 recipes
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Plum Muffins
By mollisia, (Hand) One Day On A Plate
acidulous, moist, juicy muffins
- - 250 g butter (melted and cooled)
- - 150 g sugar
- - pinch of salt
- - 2 eggs
- - 350 g flour
- - 2 tsp baking powder
- - 1 glass of buttermilk
- - 800 g plums
Amazing Apple Muffins
By roo9876
Super moist, super tasty, sweet and zesty
- Muffins:
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
- 2/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups grated, peeled firm tart apples (such as Granny Smith)
- Topping:
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Porter Cake
By Pepper666
A family recipe from Great Nanna Lottie
- 1 1/4 lb plain flour
- 1 lb sultanas
- 1 lb currants
- 1 lb soft brown sugar
- 3/4 lb butter
- 1/2 pint stout
- 1/2 lb mixed peel
- 4 eggs
- rind of 1 lemon
- 1 tsp spice
- 1 tsp bi-carbonate of soda
- 1/2 lb chopped or ground almonds (optional)
Fruit/xmas loaves
By 123hemsworth
My mum passed this down to me which she inherited from her mother-in-law
- 2lb s/r flour
- 1lb 6oz sugar
- 1lb 8oz currants
- 1lb sultanas
- 1lb margarine
- 4oz lard
- 4oz ground almonds
- 4oz chopped glace cherries
- 10 eggs
- 1 egg cup vinegar
- a little milk if needed
Lemon cake with poppy seeds
By Nj du blog L'atelier des Anges
Preheat oven to 180 ° C. Mix eggs and sugar, then stir in sifted flour and baking powder gradually
- 3 eggs
- 160 g caster sugar
- 200 g flour
- 1 packet of baking powder
- 140 g butter
- 2 untreated lemons
- 1 tbsp poppy seeds
Fruit Loaf Cake
By Megthemoo
Moist Fruit Cake, Easy to make!!
- 8oz (200g) mixed fruit
- 2 medium eggs (beaten)
- 6oz (150g) brown sugar
- 6oz (150g) self-raising flour
- 4oz (100g) margarine
- 1 level teaspoon mixed spice
- Pinch of salt
Fruity Cake
By leonien
Soft and moist fruit cake
- 8 oz Sugar
- 8floz Milk
- 6 oz Butter
- 8 oz Fruit
- 14 oz Flour
Upside Down Pudding
By bluerider99
Pre-heat the oven to 200'C
- A small collection of fruit (enough to cover the base of the dish.
- 100g sugar
- 100g butter
- 100g self raising flour
- 2 eggs
Kerry's Dorset Apple Cake
By kerbear1985
this is not your normal Dorset Apple cake, with hidden chucks of fudge in the recipe this is the best you will find
- 450g cooking apples (such as Bramley)
- juice of ½ lemon
- 225g butter, softened
- 280g golden caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 350g self-raising flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- demerara sugar, to sprinkle
- fudge cut into small (ish) chunks
Fruit Cake
By Pepper666
A family recipe from Great-Nanna Lottie
- 1/2 lb self-raising flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 lb raisins, currants or sultanas
- 2 oz candied peel
- 3 oz dripping, lard or butter
- 1/4 lb caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 pint milk
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