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mcleod-girls
Joined: 15 Jan 2007
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Location: Banff, Aberdeenshire
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 Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject: economy fruit cake - great for hungry teenagers! |
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8 oz SR flour, 4 oz sugar, 12 oz dried fruit (any combination, I sneak a few dried apricots in) 1 tsp mixed spice, all dry ingredients mixed together. Add 1 oz chopped nuts if desired.
In separate dish mix 2 eggs with 8 fl oz milk, then add 4 oz melted butter or margarine and tsp vanilla essence.
add wet ingredients to dry and mix well, mixture is quite sloppy.
Double line 9 " round tin, bake in low oven about 160 c for about 3 hours. If top starts to burn cover loosely with greaseproof paper.
Very simple to make. You can add more butter or eggs and reduce amount of milk for special treat. make 1/2 quantity in 7" tin, or swiss roll tin for fruit slices.
My teenage son takes a slab of this to school for his break most days to stave off malnutrition! poor thing! |
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milkmaid
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: isle of lewis
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thank you for that
a weeks intensive cooking leasons coming up  |
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mcleod-girls
Joined: 15 Jan 2007
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Location: Banff, Aberdeenshire
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this recipe is really easy, good luck  |
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Fenn
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
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Location: Shrewsbury
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| Ooh, I fancy some of that - and I've got a cupboard full of dried fruit as well I wonder what I could sneak past my two - I fancy apricots, dates and sultanas |
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milkmaid
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: isle of lewis
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i made this today it's really easy and rrreeeeaaaalllyyy tasty  |
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poultry poofs
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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Location: Wensleydale,North Yorkshire.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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How is that an economy fruit cake--you left the fruit in 
BTW - you missed out the sherry - I soak all the fruit in it-its rather yummy |
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milkmaid
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: isle of lewis
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sherry you spend thrift rich  |
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poultry poofs
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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Location: Wensleydale,North Yorkshire.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| well it is "economy" fruit cake I have poured Archers and Brandy in before now |
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