Earlier in the year the
theme of one of the Clandestine Cake Club meetings I went to was
'Friendship'. It's a very apt theme for the meetings for in the 3½
years I've been going to the Clandestine Cake Club I've met some
lovely people and forged some lasting friendships. My first thought
that came into my head when the theme was announced was the song, 'If
I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake.' So I figured that if you
didn't have much notice of a friend coming round for a cup of tea and
a natter you would need a cake that was quick and easy to bake but
one which you would want to keep coming back to and cut another
slice. Is there any other cake that fits this description better than
a Cut and Come Again
Cake? It's a light
fruit cake with just a hint of spice for flavour. When baked in a
small enough tin from start of preparation to coming out of the oven
it can be all done in an hour.
Equipment:
Round 6in (15cm) tin greased and lined, large bowl, skewer.
Ingredients
8oz
(225g) Self-raising flour
½
tsp (2.5ml) Ground nutmeg
½
tsp (2.5ml) Mixed spice
4oz
(115g) Unsalted butter
2oz
(60g) Soft light brown sugar
4oz
(115g) Mixed dried fruit
2
Large eggs, lightly beaten
¼ pint (140ml) Milk
Method
1. Pre-heat
the oven to 180°C/Gas
mark 4
2. In
a large bowl mix together the flour, nutmeg and mixed spice.
3. Rub
in the butter so it resembles breadcrumbs.
4. Add
the sugar and dried fruit. Mix well and make sure all the dried fruit
has been covered by the mixture.
5. Add
the beaten eggs and milk and stir well so everything is combined.
6. Spoon
into the tin and bake for 40 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
7. Turn
out of the tin to cool on a wire rack.
This came will always have fond memories off me because my mum had made it regularly as long as I can remember. It's hard for me to believe that I never used to like fruitcake - so many wasted years! It put a smile on my face to see this cake featured in your post :)
ReplyDeleteMy children don't like fruit cake. If they did I would more fruit cakes. I've never had a problem with it!
DeleteThis sounds extremely moreish! I love fruit cake but haven't made one for ages. I think this'll be the next one I bake. Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare.
ReplyDeleteIt's really quick to put together and bake. I know sometimes fruit cakes can take ages to bake.
DeleteI was intrigued by the name of this cake - I just had to come and take a look.
ReplyDeleteMy husband is a huge fruit cake fan and I rarely make them for him because they're so slow to bake. I'll have to add this to my "to bake" list to try out for him sometime.
I'm also making a resolution to give my cakes cuddly names. It's so much better than just "Quick fruit cake" :-)
I don't know where the name originated from but it certainly ticks all the right boxes with this cake!
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