Boiled Fruitcake (With Orange Peel and Dried Fruit)
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
-
1 loaf
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup water, hot
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon clove, ground
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger, ground
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup orange peel, pith removed, chopped
- 1 cup raisins
- 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
- 1⁄2 cup dried sour cherries
- 1⁄2 cup dried apricot, chopped
- 2 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup whiskey (optional) or 1 cup rum (optional)
directions
- Butter a 9x5x3 loaf pan.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees Farenheit.
- In a large saucepan, boil first 12 ingredients (brown sugar, water, butter, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, salt, orange peel and dried fruits) for 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool to lukewarm.
- Stir in two slightly beaten eggs.
- In a separate bowl mix together flour, salt and baking soda.
- Fold wet ingredients into dry and then add vanilla.
- Pour into prepared pan and bake 45 to 60 minutes until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.
- Optional: While still hot, douse with alcohol.
- Wrap and store a couple of days before serving.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
KWB5015
United States
Back in the US after 10 years abroad. Good to be home and have good access to more familiar ingredients, however, I also loved all that I learned in my beloved adoptive country of Macedonia. I also had the privilege of running an American style bakery during my last 3 years in Skopje.
Baking is my addiction, but I do love all sorts of cooking. My husband recently ended his 15 year low-carb lifestyle, so we are both busy packing on the pounds and being able to eat forbidden foods together now! Love it (but not how snug my pants are!).