Gluten Free Boiled Fruit Cake |
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 50 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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This is a gluten free variation of a recipe from My Daily Dinner Cookery Book , which cost my mother three shillings, or $AUD0.30 many years ago. Ingredients:
125 g butter or 125 g margarine |
1/2 kg mixed dried fruit |
1 teaspoon allspice |
1 teaspoon cinnamon |
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg |
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda |
1 cup sugar |
1 cup cold water |
1 apple, deseeded and chopped (or grated) |
3 eggs |
1 cup besan (chick pea flour) |
1 cup glutinous-rice flour |
2 teaspoons gluten free baking powder |
Directions:
1. 1. Place butter, spices, fruit, bicarbonate soda, apple, water and sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
2. 2. Boil for two minutes.
3. 3. Cool a little.
4. 4. Sift dry ingredients.
5. 5. Mix in the rest of the ingredients.
6. 6. Bake at 175C for 50-60 minutes.
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