November 14, 1920’s through 1940’s; Holiday Recipes 2022: Boiled Fruit Cake
November 14
Litchfield, Staffordshire UK 1928 – 1944
Boiled Fruit Cake
1 teacupful water
3 ozs. Margarine
2 ozs. Ea (each) sugar – syrup
½ lb. self-rising flour
1 teaspoon mix spice
1 tablespoon milk
4 ozs. Dried fruit
Method: – Put the water, fruit, margarine, sugar and syrup in a pan, heat slowly to boiling point, then simmer for 5 mins. Pour into a bowl, and leave to cool a while. Fold in the flour and spice, add milk and mix well. Bake in a slow oven 1 hr. reduce heat after 20 minutes.
The mixed spice is usually a blend of:
I have gotten the answer for the mixed spice, what is sold in the stores is this blend; cinnamon, coriander (???) wow I never would have guessed that! caraway (another I would not have guessed!), nutmeg, ginger, and cloves. Another answer is Pumpkin spice mix with some added mace would be a good substitute. This mix has also been suggested;
1 tablespoon quality ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground allspice
2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoons ground coriander
3/4 teaspoon ground mace
Mix all well. Use as needed.
It seems you can find this in stores where you can find imported foods and some Walmart’s even have it.
The syrup ingredient is:
Golden Syrup – Also known as light treacle. This is a thick sugar syrup made from the juice of the sugar cane or beets by a treatment with acid. The appearance is similar to honey and often used as a less expensive substitute in baked and dessert recipes. It has a distinctive flavor and not to be confused with corn syrup, molasses or dark treacle. It was first sold as Lyle’s Golden Syrup in 1885, and was recognized in 2006 by the Guinness World Records, as the oldest branding and packaging product.
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