Boiled Pineapple Fruit Cake Recipes

BOILED PINEAPPLE FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the camp oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Line and butter a 9-inch (23cm) round cake tin with baking paper.
• Place the dried fruit, brown sugar, butter, and crushed pineapple (including the juice) in a pot. Bring to a boil then simmer for 5 minutes. Let the mixture cool for about 20 minutes.
• Stir the eggs into the cooled fruit mixture. If the fruit mixture is too hot the eggs will start to scramble.
• Sift the flours, mixed spice, and baking soda together, then fold into the fruit mixture.
• When well combined, pour the fruitcake batter into the prepared cake tin.
• Bake for 90 minutes.
• Remove the cake from the oven and allow it cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Turn it out onto a cake rack, remove the baking paper, and let cool completely.

BOILED FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan, and line with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
• Combine the water, mixed fruit, sugar and butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, and boil gently for about 10 minutes. Sift the flour, baking soda and mixed spice into a large bowl. Pour in the boiled mixture, and stir until well blended. Mix in the eggs. Pour into the greased loaf pan.
• Bake for 90 minutes in the preheated oven, until a skewer or knife inserted into the top comes out clean. Cool cake in the pan for at least 10 minutes before removing.

PINEAPPLE BOILED FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Place mixed fruit, sugar, butter and pineapple including juice into a saucepan.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Allow to cool.
• Beat eggs slightly and stir into fruit mixture.
• Sift together the flours, spice and bircarbonate of soda.
• Fold into fruit mixture.
• Place mixture into a greased and lined 30cm cake tin.
• Bake in a moderate oven for 90 minutes.
• Test after 90 minutes.

BOILED FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter and line a 900g loaf tin with baking parchment. Melt the sugar, butter and 225ml water in a large saucepan. Once melted, add the raisins, sultanas, currants and mixed peel. Bring to a gentle boil, and stirring occasionally, cook until reduced and softened, around 10-15 mins. Remove from the heat and leave to cool to room temperature.
• Tip the flour, mixed spice, bicarbonate of soda and a pinch of salt into a large bowl. Add the cooled fruit mixture and stir, then add the eggs and mix to combine. Bake for 45-55 mins until dark brown and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 mins, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Cut into slices to serve.

CRUSHED PINEAPPLE FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Line an angel food pan with parchment paper and brush with melted butter.
• Cream butter or margarine, and then beat in sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in extract. Mix in flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir in raisins, cherries, pineapple, and mixed peel. Cover bowl and let sit at room temperature, 8 hours to overnight.
• Bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 2 1/2 hours with a pan of hot water placed on the lowest rack of your oven during baking. Brush warm cake with some melted butter.