Well my lovely blogging chums you are in for a few treats today. That is if I can get the hang of posting with the new blogger system, let's see.
I have had this recipe for a while, can't even remember where I found it, but it is the Duchess of Cornwall's fruit cake recipe. It is a wonderfully moist and absolutely delicious cake, REALLY easy to make and very economical too. It doesn't have any butter in it and only one egg, so I was reluctant to make it, thinking it would suffer because of that. But oh no dear ones, it's gorgeous.
I did tinker with the ingredients and method a bit but as it worked so well I will tell you what I did.
Ingredients
1 mug freshly brewed tea. (I used a big mug and 2 x Earl Grey teabags)
500 gs Sainsbury's mixed fruit. (Green and white packet £1.70)
250 gs soft brown sugar (any sugar will do and you could use less if you want, the fruit is very sweet)
250gs SR flour
Butter to grease loaf tin
1 Beaten egg.
Method
Pour tea and bags into large bowl and stir in fruit and sugar. Original recipe said leave overnight but I soaked it for 3 hours.
Preheat oven to 130 Fan. Grease and line 2lb loaf tin.
Remove teabags and slowly stir in sifted flour.
Mix in beaten egg.
Bake for 1hr 30m, if starts to look dry (mine didn't) cover with foil. Mine was cooked in 1hr 20 mins.
Check cake cooked through by inserting a skewer, if clean, cake is done. Allow to cool in tin for a few minutes before turning out.
I shall be making this on a regular basis from now on. Fruit cake is one of my husband's favourites and I really enjoyed it too.
This growing season we have had more time on our hands and so have managed to grow and harvest a lot more fruit and veg. Our raspberry canes have been fruiting all Summer and are just now starting to slow down with the cold and wet weather. For the first time we have grown onions, and we are super pleased with them.
These beauties are hanging up in our garage. Trust me when I tell you they are bloomin enormous. So fresh they are almost juicy and will last us a long time hopefully.
I've also been catching up with a few tasks around the house in the last couple of weeks, you know getting sorted before the Winter sets in. I've had this tray for quite some time. The Mister made it a few years ago at a night class he went to. I finally got around to making it look a bit prettier, inspired by Julie's delightful blog My Threadbear Life
And finally I purchased at auction this week a painting I knew to be quite large, but actually is gigantic.
I will fit it in somewhere, as I already love it.
