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Rich Welsh Fruit Cake




Source of Recipe


wwwcof msn Community -Daphne


Recipe Link: http://www.cpatagonia.com/gaiman/cymraeg/index.html

List of Ingredients




3 cups of all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups of brown sugar
1 1/2 cups of butter
2 cups sedles raisins
2 cups sultanas
2 cups chystalized fruits
1 cup of chopped walnuts
1 cup of rum
3 eggs
2 level teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground ginger




Recipe



Procedure

First Day

Chop up the chrystalized fruti, thewalnuts and the sultanas. Place in a bowl, add the rhum and leave to soak till the next day siguiente. In another bowl mix together the flour, salt, brown sugar and spices. Add the butter mixing it in with the finger tips leave this preparaction to stand until the next day

Second Day

Begin by adding the baking powder to the flour mixture and make sure it is well mixed in. Then add the fruit that has soaked in rhum. Beat well. Put the bicarbonate in a cup and add a little boiled milk. Add to the mixture. Then add the three egs mixing well between each one. If the mixture seems to be too dry you can moisten it using burnt sugar diluted in a little hot water.

Cooking.

This preparation will give a good sized cake, so if prefrred you can Esther use half the ingredients or divide the mixture in two, to get two médium sized cakes. Cook in a slow oven for three hours.

This cake is very well known in the southern provinces of Argentina where there is a strong Welsh influence.