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23 November, 2009
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Cake - Fruit

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Egg Free Egg free
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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 60 minutes
Serves: 12

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup strong tea
1 3/4 cup dried mixed fruit
8 apricots, dried or tinned, chopped
8 dates or prunes, dried, chopped
1 cup white self-raising flour
3/4 cup wholemeal self-raising flour
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon mixed spice

Method:
1. Add tea to fruit and leave to soak overnight, or until tea is cold.
2. Sift flours and spices, then add the fruit and tea mixture.
3. Put in a cake/loaf tin, lined with greaseproof paper.
4. Bake at 150°C for 60 to 75 minutes or until cooked. (Insert a fine skewer in the cake and when it comes out clean, the cake is cooked.)

Contributed by:

Cabrini Hospital
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Source: Cabrini Nutrition Department

This recipe was originally published as: Fruit cake

 
Recipe publication date: 08/02/2001
Last reviewed: 23/05/2007
 

   
 
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