Eggless Fruit Cake
Lightly adapted from the original recipe in the 1941 edition of Rational Recipes by Gertrude Bake.
Ingredients
1/2 pound flour
3 ounces moist brown sugar
1/4 pound sultanas or currents
2 ounces mixed peel
1/4 teaspoon mixed spice
1 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
pinch of salt
milk to mix
3 ounces margarine
Method
1. Sieve flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl.
2. Add mixed spice to dry ingredients.
3. Rub fat into dry ingredients.
4. Add fruit, sugar, and mixed peel to dry ingredients, and mix with milk.
5. Place mixture in a greased and floured loaf pan.
6. Bake in a moderate oven for about 1 hour. Allow to cool.
Note to readers who don't know what "mixed spice" and "mixed peel" are:
Both can be purchased at a well-stocked British specialty shop.
Ingredients
1/2 pound flour
3 ounces moist brown sugar
1/4 pound sultanas or currents
2 ounces mixed peel
1/4 teaspoon mixed spice
1 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
pinch of salt
milk to mix
3 ounces margarine
Method
1. Sieve flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl.
2. Add mixed spice to dry ingredients.
3. Rub fat into dry ingredients.
4. Add fruit, sugar, and mixed peel to dry ingredients, and mix with milk.
5. Place mixture in a greased and floured loaf pan.
6. Bake in a moderate oven for about 1 hour. Allow to cool.
Note to readers who don't know what "mixed spice" and "mixed peel" are:
Both can be purchased at a well-stocked British specialty shop.