pumpkin fruit cake
 
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easy to make and delicious to eat
Recipe type: Baking
Serves: 18
What you'll need
  • 125g butter
  • 1 cup caster sugar (I made mine from raw sugar in the thermomix)
  • ¼ cup apple juice concentrate
  • 500g mixed dried fruit (I soaked mine in brandy for 2 weeks beforehand)
  • 1 cup cooked or canned pumpkin
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
Instructions
  1. Melt butter with sugar and apple juice concentrate over a low heat in a saucepan. Take off the heat and add in the pumpkin and cinnamon/mixed spice and then the dried fruit.
  2. Tip this delicious mixture into a big large mixing bowl and leave to cool about 10-15 minutes.
  3. Add in the beaten eggs and stir well. Then sift in the flour and baking powder. Mix it really well as you don't want to find any pockets of flour.
  4. Line a square baking tin - I did 2 layers of paper - and bake in a preheated 170C/340F oven for at least 50 minutes.
  5. Remove cake from oven and if you want to use Brandy then pour about ¼ cup over the cake. Leave to cool in the tin.
  6. If you're like me and cant wait for it to cool slice with a big bread knife (serrated edge) and enjoy it warm.
Recipe by Retro Mummy at https://retromummy.com/2012/11/30/pumpkin-fruit-cake/