Barriball Fruitcake

Name: Barriball Fruitcake
Ingredients: 1 kg mixed fruit; 2 cups unsweetened orange juice; 2 cups self raising flour; 1 teaspoon dried ginger powder; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground spices; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

7 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

1 kg mixed fruit
2 cups unsweetened orange juice
2 cups self raising flour
1 teaspoon dried ginger powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground spices
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Directions

1

Place mixed fruit and orange juice in a bowl and leave to soak over night or longer if needed.
2

Preheat oven to 170°C.
3

Once the orange juice has soaked in, add the self raising flour, spices and vanilla essence.
4

Mix thoroughly.
5

Line a medium cake tin with baking paper and spoon in the mixture. Level out the top and place in the oven for 1.5 hrs, or until the skewer comes out clean.
6

Remove from oven and cool on cake cooler.
7

I cut my cake up into 10 rows of 4 slices. I put 4 slices together in plastic sandwich bags and freeze so I only need to take out a few slices at a time.
8

Is yummy with custard poured over for a dessert too.