TV fave Fay Ripley made this easy fruit cake for Marie Cure Cancer Care’s Blooming Great Tea Party. Ready in under an hour, it’s a great last-minute bake
Why not have a go at making a delicious stollen loaf, our easy recipe shows you how to make this tasty treat.
Ingredients
- 100g dried apricots
- 100g sultanas
- 70g pecans
- 200g butter
- 160g golden caster sugar (with a little extra for dusting)
- 100g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 100g ground almonds
- 3 large eggs
- 1 orange, zest and juice
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4
Whizz or chop apricots, sultanas and pecans a little, into a mincemeat.
Cream the butter and sugar till fluffy then beat in eggs one at a time (with a little of the flour)
Fold in gently, the rest of the flour then everything else.
Plop into a 20cm (ish) lined cake tin, smooth the top.
Bake until firm and golden for about 45 mins and dust in the tin with extra sugar
Top tip for making Fay Ripley’s fruit cake
See how to throw your own Blooming Great Tea Party to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
