Boiled fruit cake (adapted from a Cushendall "women’s institute" recipe) - Kitty & Danny

( lovely cake ...even if fruit sinks as it sometimes  does! + keeps very well)

6 oz butter

6oz brown sugarQuarter pint water

3 quarters to 1 lb     raisins + sultanas(cranberries) or any such mix

Cherries +/ or mixed peel......optional

8 oz flour

2 eggs

1 T sp baking soda

2 T sp mix of mixed spice,ginger , cinnamon.

Melt butter, sugar, water + fruit mix in saucepan. When sugar dissolved bring to boil for @ 10 min.

 Leave to cool.  ( can leave at this stage till whenever suits to continue)

Sift flour + spices + (baking soda  unless using self raising flour)+ add to fruit mix.

Add beaten eggs + mix all thoroughly. 

Bake in loaf tin.  350.* for approx 1 hour. ( check....sometimes  needs to turn down temp + continue  baking as long as necessary)

Leave in oven to cool.