Need a fruit cake recipe urgently!

It's hubby's birthday tomorrow and I would like to bake his favourite cake. It's kind of a moist butter / pound cake with dried fruits (raisins, sultanas, cranberries and orange peel).

Can anyone please give me a tried and tested recipe? Thanks!

I was desperate to get him one for his birthday ... searched on internet ... and found a great one. Hubby loved it. It was exactly the way he likes it!

Well done, Tulipe. Mind to share it with us? I got one which is quite good but another version won't hurt.



Nuts&Bolts-- there's always a way to cheat if it has to be NOW! *lol*

Most happy to share it soufflequeen. Would you mind posting yours as well? Thanks. here it goes...

Ingredients:

250 gms butter

250 gms sugar

320 gms self raising flour

6 eggs

1 tsp salt

2 tsp vanilla flavour

Dried mixed fruits - quantity as suits you (the original recipe used 530 gms but I find it too much. i've used about 250 gms)


- Dust fruits with some flour. (Optional: can be soaked in rhum for a few hours prior to dusting)


- Grease baking pan and dust with some flour.


- Cream butter and sugar until white and fluffy.


- Beat in the eggs, one at a time.


- Add flour little by little in the mixture. Mix well but do not over beat.


- Mix in salt, vanilla flavour and dried fruits.


- Pour mixture into baking pan.


- Bake at 240 degrees for 5 minutes. Lower heat to 180 degrees and bake for 40 minutes more.


Hope you like it.