Ginger beer boiled fruit cake recipe

Name: Ginger beer boiled fruit cake recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: 1kg mixed dried fruit; 375ml (1.5 cups) Ginger Beer Bottle; 1 cup caster sugar; 250g butter; 4 eggs, lightly beaten; 2 cups self-raising flour

Instructions

Prep:20minCook:2h 30min

This fruit cake has a long, slow baking time, but you can skip the lengthy fruit soaking process by boiling the dried fruit in ginger beer, which means the cake can be ready to eat the same day you start.

Updated at: Sat, 08 Nov 2025 05:31:43 GMT