THE BEST FRUITCAKE RECIPE RECIPES

Name: Easy fruitcake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 175ml flavourless oil, plus extra for greasing; 100g light brown muscovado sugar; 2 eggs, beaten; 225g plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp allspice; ½ orange, juiced; ½ lemon, juiced; 200g mixed dried fruit; 200g apricot jam; icing sugar, for dusting

EASY FRUITCAKE RECIPE | BBC GOOD FOOD

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This easy fruit cake by one of our younger readers, Bree Hamilton, is simple, uses storecupboard ingredients and is perfect for a quick winter pick-me-up

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Categories Dessert

Total Time 45 minutes

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

175ml flavourless oil, plus extra for greasing
100g light brown muscovado sugar
2 eggs, beaten
225g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp allspice
½ orange, juiced
½ lemon, juiced
200g mixed dried fruit
200g apricot jam
icing sugar, for dusting

Steps:

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/ gas 3. Grease and line the base of two 20cm springform cake tins with baking parchment.
Stir together the oil and sugar, add the eggs, flour, baking powder, spices and juices, and mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon until pourable and reasonably runny. Gently fold in the fruit, then divide the batter evenly between the tins. Bake for 20-25 mins or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean, then leave to cool.
When cool, remove from the tins and sandwich the cakes together with jam. Sieve some icing sugar on top to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 505 calories, FatContent 23 grams fat, SaturatedFatContent 4 grams saturated fat, CarbohydrateContent 67 grams carbohydrates, SugarContent 45 grams sugar, FiberContent 2 grams fiber, ProteinContent 5 grams protein, SodiumContent 0.3 milligram of sodium

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