Has anyone got a friut cake recipe that doesn't include nuts??...or just a simple one....

[LadyTophamHatt]

Was going to attempt my first friut cake but all the recipes I have nuts in or are really complicated.

why don't you just leave the nuts out of the one you have that isn't complicated?

How about this one

You don't need to add nuts if you don't want them. You can use seeds instead or just leave them out altogether

Twig, I thought a frit cake was jut a sponge cake with dried friut added....

Anything beyond a sponge cake is complicated to me!

I would recommend a boiled fruit cake - you don't have to do much and the dried fruit gets nice and juicy when it is boiled.

350 g mixed dried fruit (sultanas, raisins, currants, glace cherries, chopped dried apricot - whatever you have in stock)
110 g margarine/butter
225 g self raising flour
150 ml water
2 eggs (medium or large)- beaten
1 level tsp mixed spice
Put fruit, margarine, sugar and water in large saucepan and bring to simmer, stirring occasionally. Simmer for 20 mins stirring from time to time and allow to cool for half to one hour.
Meanwhile, grease and line a 18 cm (7" round cake tin). Heat oven to 170 Degrees C (Gas 3)
Add the sifted flour, spice and eggs to fruit mixture in pan and mix thoroughly.
Pour into baking tin. Place tin in middle of oven. After half an hour, reduce heat to 150 Degrees C (Gas 2) and bake for a further 90 minutes (test after an hour to see how cooked it is).