Prep for Success Recipes: Dad’s boiled fruit cake
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It was made possible through the selfless efforts of the parents of Cayman Prep students who worked tirelessly to see the project through to fruition.
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Ingredients (SERVES 10)
- 1 lb. mixed dried fruit
- 3 eggs
- 12 ozs. all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 9 ozs. sugar
- 8 ozs. butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- ½ tsp. almond extract
- Glazed cherries or nuts, to garnish
Nutrition Facts per serving
- Calories 552.9
- Protein 23.72 Gm
- Carbs 51.36 Gm
- Fat 20.23 Gm
- Cholesterol 113.6 mg
- Dietary Fiber 0.985 Gm
- Sugar 0.577 Gm
- Sodium 1124 mg
- Calcium 61.3mg
- Potassium 199.2 mg
- Iron2.129 mg
Directions
- Preheat oven to 300°F.
- Line a baking tin with wax paper.
- In a saucepan, cover fruit with water.
- Bring to a boil, and boil for 5 minutes; strain.
- Cut butter into strained fruit.
- Beat together eggs, sugar, vanilla and almond extracts; add to fruit.
- Fold in flour and baking powder.
- Pour into the tin, and smooth top with a knife.
- Top with cherries and / or nuts.
- Bake for 30 minutes, and then reduce heat to 280°F.
- Continue to cook for approximately 1-1.5 hours, or until skewer or knife inserted in the centre comes out clean.