Boiled fruitcake recipe

This fruit cake has a long, slow baking time, but you can skip the lengthy fruit soaking process by boiling the dried fruit in ginger beer, which means the cake can be ready to eat the same day you start.

A boiled fruitcake involves boiling the dried fruit first in sugar syrup until it is soft and flavourful before folding in the dry ingredients and sub

In our house, there is a ritual that happens around Christmas, when my daughters come home, go through the cupboards, and accusingly wave bars of chocolate at me with one square eaten.

There is nothing like an old fashioned boiled fruit cake recipe as it yields a super moist, soft and dense Christmas Fruit Cake that lasts for long!!

Mary Berry’s Boiled Fruit Cake is made with condensed milk, butter, raisins, sultanas, currants, glacé cherries, flour, mixed spice, and eggs. This traditional fruit cake recipe creates a delicious dessert that takes about 2 hours and 10 minutes to prepare and can serve up to 8 people.

With it being the summer holidays, the girls and I have done lots of picnics on our days out and this cake is excellent for picnics. It’s easy to make, is very moist, lasts for ages and is absolutely delicious. In fact Mr OC loves it so much he moans with joy when eating it! […]

Old Fashioned Boiled Fruit Cake

An old fashioned boiled fruit cake satisfies the craving for wholesome comfort food during the dark grey days of February. For this boiled fruit cake the dried and glacé fruits are simmered with sherry, butter and sugar until they are plump and glistening, making a moist rich fruit cake.

Mary Berry's Boiled Fruit Cake

With Easter coming up I shall have a houseful of people to feed. My easy Boiled Fruitcake is a wonderful treat to serve with a cup of tea, or heated as a dessert with fresh cream, custard or ice-c…