How to Make Boiled Pineapple Fruit Cake

Boiled fruitcake is delicious and easy to make. The flavour of the cake also intensifies when it is left for a day.

You will need:

450g crushed pineapple.

100g Demerara sugar

125g butter

375g dried mixed fruit

½ teaspoon allspice

1 teaspoon cinnamon

150g self raising flour

175g plain wholemeal flour

75g sunflower kernels

3 eggs

A pinch of salt

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 150 degrees, put the butter, dried fruit, sugar, pineapple, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and allspice into a saucepan on medium eat. Stir until the sugar has dissolved and the butter has melted.

Step 2: Bring to the boil and then simmer for 10 minutes. Take the pan from the heat and allow to cool.

Step 3: Grease two cake tins and line with three layers of greaseproof paper.

Step 4: Sift the plain and self-raising flours together and sift the salt in.

Step 6: Stir the sifted flours and salt into the mixture and beat the eggs. Add the beaten eggs to the mixture and add the sunflower kernels. Stir thoroughly.

Step 7: Spoon the mixture into the tins and bake for 1 ½ hours. To check if it has cooked, put a thin knife or skewer into the centre, if it comes out clean, it is cooked. If not, leave it in for a little longer