Quick and Easy British Fruitcake by Tessaann

Quick and Easy British Fruitcake

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Published 8th Aug 2021

A quick and easy fruit cake for tea time that tastes best fresh out of the oven. You can use any mixed dried fruit you like, including cherries. [Recipe originally submitted to Allrecipes.co.uk]

Quick and Easy British Fruitcake Ingredients

  • 1 ¾ cups self-rising flour
  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • 1 ¼ cups dried mixed fruit
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon mixed spice
  • 5 tablespoons milk
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons light brown sugar, or as needed

Quick and Easy British Fruitcake Cook Instructions

Prep10m
Cook1h
Ready In1h10m
Servings1 6-inch cake
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 6-inch round cake pan.
  2. Place flour in a bowl. Rub butter into the flour until mixture resembles fine bread crumbs. Add mixed fruit, 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, and mixed spice. Stir to combine. Add milk and egg and mix until batter is soft and easy to drop.
  3. Drop batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle light brown sugar on top and pat down with the back of a spoon.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 1 to 1 1/4 hours.

Quick and Easy British Fruitcake Nutritions

  • Calories: 347.6 calories
  • Carbohydrate: 56.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 54.5 mg
  • Fat: 12.7 g
  • Fiber: 0.8 g
  • Protein: 4.6 g
  • SaturatedFat: 7.7 g
  • Sodium: 367.6 mg
  • Sugar: 17.9 g

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