fruit cakes, help!

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could someone please help me out with a fruit cakes recipe?? if someone has one for a dark fruit cake, that would be great, otherwise, any fruit cake tyia x

this is delicious

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).

oooh cheers to you both. i'll have a go at one boiled and one baked then

lilymaid, how much sugar??

Ooh sorry - should be 110g sugar (dark or light muscovado is best)

I'm going ot have a go at that lily