Fay Ripley's fruit cake recipe

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TV fave Fay Ripley made this easy fruit cake for Marie Cure Cancer Care's Blooming Great Tea Party. Ready in under an hour, it's a great last-minute bake

Serves8
SkillEasy
Preparation Time10 mins
Cooking Time45 mins
Total Time55 mins
Cost RangeCheap

TV fave Fay Ripley made this easy fruit cake for Marie Cure Cancer Care's Blooming Great Tea Party. Ready in under an hour, it's a great last-minute bake

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Ingredients

  • 100g dried apricots
  • 100g sultanas
  • 70g pecans
  • 200g butter
  • 160g golden caster sugar (with a little extra for dusting)
  • 100g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 100g ground almonds
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 orange, zest and juice

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Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4
  2. Whizz or chop apricots, sultanas and pecans a little, into a mincemeat.
  3. Cream the butter and sugar till fluffy then beat in eggs one at a time (with a little of the flour)
  4. Fold in gently, the rest of the flour then everything else.
  5. Plop into a 20cm (ish) lined cake tin, smooth the top.
  6. Bake until firm and golden for about 45 mins and dust in the tin with extra sugar
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