There is a boiled fruit cake competition in my village next week. I’m planning to enter. I’m an average baker - I can turn out a decent lemon drizzle or chocolate cake (quick, easy stuff), but I’ve never made a boiled fruit cake before, so I’ve had a go using a National Trust recipe I found in one of my cookbooks.
The result, whilst delicious, would not win any prizes. It is over baked on the outside - I kept checking it but the skewer kept coming out wet so had to leave it in for longer and longer, and by the time the middle was ready, the damage was done. The top cracked - I think I’d lose marks for that too? And the fruit is badly distributed.
Any tips would be great, please!
<Hands out samples>