Easy apple fruit cake

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• My Recipes

  08 November 2007

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  This is delicious. I don't think it needs icing, it is sweet enough!

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• Loustar14

  19 November 2007

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  This would make a great christmas cake and so quick and easy to make too!! really delicious.

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• Alison

  23 November 2007

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  I made and decorated this cake for a friend's 60th birthday and she was delighted with it. I must admit to feeding it with a drop or two of brandy after baking.

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• alex gee

  23 November 2007

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  I am new to the programme, will certainly inform you of my efforts, good or bad, honest!!!

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• Treacle

  09 December 2007

  Treacle rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I have made this cake for the past 3 years and my family and friends can't get enough of it. Really easy to make and even easier to eat!

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• Caroline

  20 December 2007

  Caroline commented on this recipe

  Made this cake very easy & quick, added a few cherries very christmassy will make again

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• Chiel

  05 January 2008

  Chiel commented on this recipe

  Nice recipe, only after 1 hour it was still wet in the middle. So cook it longer.

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• Caroline

  10 February 2008

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• Blaker

  07 March 2008

  Blaker rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Great recipe for starters and for experimenting as well! I've tried adding cinnamon and whisky with very satisfying results.

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• Melanie Day

  31 March 2008

  Melanie Day rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I really enjoyed making and eating this cake. The taste is yummy and it is not as heavy as a traditional fruit cake. I also started to get to grips with icing - a new hobby of mine.

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• Rosebud

  12 April 2008

  Rosebud commented on this recipe

  I made this cake for friends and totally agree with all the above comments, and I will certainly make it again. I did not put the icing on the top it was not needed. It also freezes well.

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• Rosebud

  12 April 2008

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• DLT

  26 August 2008

  DLT rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I did not have enough apple so used 100gm apple and added 100gm dried apricots and glace cherries, really tasty !! did not ice cake as do not like them too sweet, excellent recipe will do again.

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• Victoria

  02 November 2008

  Victoria commented on this recipe

  Have made this cake loads of times, firm favourite with everyone-including my brother, who doesnt eat fruit cake! I didn't Ice it because my dad's diabetic, so it ends up too sweet. LOvely without icing, very most and yummy!!

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• Rachel

  23 November 2008

  Rachel commented on this recipe

  Will this cake keep for longer than a week/

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• chocolatequeen

  24 November 2008

  chocolatequeen rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I just fancied a fruit cake the other day but after having already made 5 christmas cakes didn't want anything too taxing. This was great because they are virtually all store cupboard ingredients. Really quick and easy to make. I chucked in some nuts as to my mind you can't have a fruit cake without them! Also, I didn't have sultanas (okay, my store cupboard is a little lacking) so used mixed fruit left over from xmas cakes in place of sultanas and then added raisins as per recipe Also put in a spoonful or two of rum! Lovely result - only slight problem is that my cake is veryquite crumbly and this is a bit of a problem for my husband who likes to slap butter on fruit cake. Don't know if the recipe cake just is crumbly or whether it was one of my amendments that resulted in this. If any one has any suggestions as to why it went like this or confirmation that it is just a crumbly cake I would be grateful. Lovely taste and would definately make it again.

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• Nead

  11 December 2008

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• Katie

  22 December 2008

  Katie commented on this recipe

  Really lovely recipe, made this as a Christmas cake for a party an it went down really well, lovely an moist, will certainly make this cake time an time again.

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• rosie m.

  18 February 2009

  rosie m. rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I am used to making fruit cakes in the traditional way and so was interested to see how this turned out - on the face of it, self-raising flour, 3 eggs and baking powder seems excessive - and the mixture did look curdled - but the result is superb! Very moist - yes a bit crumbly - but it tastes wonderful and like many others, I don't think it needs icing. It took much longer than 50-60 minutes though - more like 1hr 45 mins.

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• poppysuze

  20 April 2009

  poppysuze commented on this recipe

  Very easy to make and although pleased with the outcome felt it was too moist, I would have preferred the crumbly texture. I did cook it for my Mom and she really enjoyed it! Think next time I will replace some apple with apricots and glace cherries - as DLT`s suggestion.

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Ingredients

• 200g butter , softened plus extra for greasing
• 200g dark muscovado sugar
• 3 eggs , beaten
• 1 tbsp black treacle
• 200g self-raising flour
• 2 tsp mixed spice
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 eating apples , grated (approx 100g each)
• 300g mixed sultanas and raisins

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Cuts into 12 slices

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 15 mins

Cook 1 hr

Ingredients

• 200g butter , softened plus extra for greasing
• 200g dark muscovado sugar
• 3 eggs , beaten
• 1 tbsp black treacle
• 200g self-raising flour
• 2 tsp mixed spice
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 eating apples , grated (approx 100g each)
• 300g mixed sultanas and raisins

Per slice

350 kcalories, protein 4.0g, carbohydrate 51.0g, fat 16.0 g, saturated fat 9.0g, fibre 1.0g, sugar 18.0g, salt 0.63 g

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