Submitted by Renee
Xmas Fruit Cake
Serving: 8
Ingredients
- 1kg mixed fruit ( sunbeam brand )
- 185g butter ( not marg )
- 1/3 cup rum
- 1/3 cup water
- 100gr slivered almonds
- 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice ( or to your taste )
- 1.5 Tbl golden syrup
- 165g firmly packed brown sugar
- 3 eggs ( lightly whisked )
- 1 1/4 cups plain flour
- 1/4 cup self raising flour
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
Instructions
Put all the fruit and spice in a bowl and soak with rum and water over night
- Melt golden syrup, butter and sugar in a saucepan and over low heat, stirring.
- (Allow to cool)
- Stir eggs into fruit mix
- Sift dry ingredients into mix.
- Pour cooled golden syrup, butter and sugar into mix.
- Combine well.
- Pour into greased slow cooker
- Set cooker on LOW for 3.5 to 4 hours
- Allow to cool in bowl and it will turn out so easily.
- HAPPY BAKING 🙂
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I presume you add the 1/3 cup water to the mixture. Mine took 7 hours to cook.
Do you use both the rum and water?
Dont forget to put a tea towel under the lid when cooking
I did this cake today using a Kambrook 3ltr slow cooker, has been on for nearly 7 hrs, it needs a little longer. Looking forward to trying it, the house has smelt sooooo good all day 🙂
I thought the recipe said 1/4 cup each of plain and self raising, bigger but will cook again. It will be nice with some custard
As an American, I’m not sure what “golden syrup” is. Is this corn syrup? Also, How do I convert this to teaspoons and tablespoons from grams?
Thanks
We have our conversion page right here on this website which you could use 🙂
Conversions
And no Golden Syrup is different to Corn syrup 🙂
Thanks for the info!?
Hi. Can someone please tell me where/when you add the water. I can’t see it used anywhere in the recipe but it is shown in the ingredients. Jan in Brisbane Australia
I believe you would add the 1/3 cup water to the initial mixture?
I’ve updated this now to prevent further confusion.
Hi,
This recipe sounds great but I’ve never baked in my slow cooker. Is greasing the bowl enough or would baking paper help?
You could do either but I find baking paper the best.
No chance of sticking then 🙂
Such an easy cake! The only thing I didn’t add was alcohol (because I didn’t have any) so I just used cooled black tea. Also had to cook 7 hours direct in the Crockpot. Everyone loved it, so moist, and I will definitely be making it again.
Treacle instead of golden syrup would make the cake a little darker and richer, but a good substitute for golden syrup if not available, and I would think it is a universal description.
Mine took 8 hours to cook
I have a big slow cooker, could I put it in Pyrex bowl, put some water in slow cooker, and cook it in Pyrex bowl.
So long as the bowl would be oven proof then yes you can slow cook in it 🙂
Meg the recipe does say plain and self raising flour, is this wrong.
What size slow cooker do you cook the Christmas cake in? Thank you.
This one is usually done in a 6L Patricia. Alternatively we have a smaller one here also for the 1.5L or we have one here for cupcakes 🙂
my absolute fav 😍 the best cake EVER
so simple affordable and scrumptious 😋