Fruit cake Recipe,requested by Ba..

that looks just perfect ~ thanks bloomer and good old bero!

put that on my favourites!

I have that recipe, and make it often. Can recommend it. I have even made it for a christmas cake, but added nuts, cherries, spices, etc, and then laced it with spirits. Lovely.

Oh good,Cinders..I have done the same..it makes a great Christmas cake,I agree .:o)

Just sat down with my coffee and saw your blog Sandra..then had to get a blue riband to go with it..i shall be blaming you for my spare tyre..lol.was not as nice as your cake looks though..:o))

I like Blue Riband too..I had a naughty Caramel biscuit after my lunch,Joanella,,I blame this strong wind,it blew it straight into my mouth! Lol.

Ha ha,somehow that doesnt ring true..i saw you putting into your mouth & licking your lips..lol,not had Caramel bisc for years..i used to like the Caramac bars.. right see you later i am just popping to local T---o..

oooh caramac bars ~ i love those!!
just eaten a whole pack of 'crunchie rocks' ~ well i wouldnt want to be blown away in the wind would I??

I lied ,Joanella,..somehow I thought you would suss that out..not a lot of tread on my spare tyre now..it's looking all the same..I won't pass my MOT will I ? :o)))))))!
I wasn't keen on them Sticki...but I'm sure the crunchie rocks will keep you on your feet..a girl needs to be of good standing ! :o))

well i can but try!!

Yum. B I love a nice moist fruit cake. Thank you.

I also have that recipe and made the cake last week and can confirm it is so easy to make and lovely and moist,I intend to make it as my christmas cake also with lots of nuts and maybe a little of the amber necter ...hic !!

that amber hiccup is an excellent addition to any cake!!

I think you will like it,Grandmage..I find its better to leave it till the next day,to settle,and it makes it easier to slice..but I don't always do that..depends how greedy I am Lol :o)))

Brillant, just popped it into my favs, will make it this week, thank you

Thats nice of you,Yorkshire..hope you enjoy it.:o)

we will Bloomer, how's the wind over the hill, can't see our garden for leafs, looks like a bomb has dropped here,

With the great pic of that lovely cake, I reckon some folk could put on weight just looking at the photo ;o)

very very windy,but no damage done in mine,surprisingly, ,Yorkshire.you have got a lot of clearing up to do,by the sounds of it..not a nice thing to come back from holiday to
face..

Me included Terra..Lol..thanks :o))

we have just been looking out Bloomer, its really bad,

Well,if you look at it another way,Yorkshire..at least you and Ralph are both safe,as is your home..so just think the leaves won't be dropping off later..but I am sorry about your lovely Begonias.has it broken your pots too ?.

no pot damage I am pleased to say

looks very yummy.... : O )

Just put the recipe in my favourites. I have not tried it before although I do have an ancient Bero book on the shelf. I have just put 5 banana and walnut loaves in the oven. The oven is a bit hot today because of the gales. If they do not come out burned I might give it a go later. It looks delish.

Scotsgran, any chance of your recipe please,

I have a message saying error on the page. I just typed it in but could not send it so will try via a pm.

thank you

Added to my favs, it looks delicious, cannot try it until I go shopping as Mr Robin has eaten most of my fruit, lol.

Thank you,Scotsgran..I bet if you look in your old book,it will be in there..It was my mum's recipe book...I haven't tried Banana cake with walnuts,but I make Banana bread,which is nice with or without butter..but I suppose it is really more of a cake,than actual bread..we have it as that,anyway..

I'm glad your pots are ok at least,Yorkshire..:o)

Thanks Holly,it tastes yummy too..we have just had a piece after our meal tonight..only two bits left :o((

Thanks Lincslass..you will have to buy a bigger packet..I wouldn't want to deprive little Robin of his treat..he would probably like some left over crumbs of the cake,if you have any !:o)

I have a relatively new Be-Ro book ~ the recipe is quite different for fruit cake ~ this one looks much better.

Maybe the ingredients for the new one,weren't available in those days,Sticki..is it much different ?

very. it is rubbing in method ~ it isnt a boiled fruit cake at all. such a shame.

It might be nice,Sticki,but I will stay with one I know,and like.."If it aint broke,don't fix it,"as the saying goes..although I make a rubbed in milk chocolate cake from my old Bero book,which has evaporated milk in it..

that sounds nice ~ do you have the recipe for that too please?
i like the boiled cake versions, they are so juicy! i have one that contains sweetened condensed milk.

I have loads of cookery books, all by fabulous male hunks, but I keep returning to my books of the 70's and shifting my guys up to the loft.

My favourite is 'The Dairy book of Home Cookery' full of good old fashioned stews and cakes.

You're at it again, Sandra ... a blog involving food! ... But I thank you for it as it's gone on to my Favourites for those 'non-diet' days ... lol!

Sticki ... if that chocolate cake with evap. is the one I'm thinking of ... you will love it! ... :o)

my favourite topic ~ food!!!
i have loads too grannyb ~ i have dairy diaries with recipes in and a dairy cook book; the old faithful is the best of good housekeeping published 1973; i also have my notebook from cookery lessons in school and an old diary in which i recorded recipes before i left home!!

im looking forward to that chocolate cake shirley

Scots gran I hope you won't eat all five cakes at once.LOL

It's sad really, but the young girls today don't know the joys of baking.

Neither of my sons partners can cook let alone bake. I have given them cookery books for Christmas and birthdays, but in one case to no avail. In the other she is trying and is a pretty good baker I have to say.

Both my sons cook and my eldest really enjoys cooking, he sometimes tells me how to do it.LOL talk about teaching your granny to suck eggs.

I think I've mentioned before, I am keeping two cookery note books full of recipes and anecdotes for them.

Well,Sticki,I have been through all my pics and blogs ,but can't find it anywhere...I know I have sent it to a few,via a PM,but was sure it was already on here.I must have just shown a pic of it,for Thomas's first birthday in April this year,,as his mum made one for him...Shall I send it to you,or put it on here..? Maybe I shouldn't post an "other"just yet..speak later..going to watch new series of Doc Martin now.:o))

I forgot to put the wlnuts in silly me but the cake tastes fine. First day of baking we usually manage to get through most of one and then I cut the rest in half and freeze them. Half is enough for 2 of us on anyone day.

im watching it ~ its great.
you might find the recipe on your sent messages??? but if not dont worry.

Sticki,worry no more..Look at my blog on 9th April this year..Thomas's first Birthday..and the recipe is on there..I can't take credit for finding it..my lovely friend,Shirleytulip had saved it,and sent me a PM to tell me where it was..and I have only just read it ,after Doc Martin..Isn't that great ?but fancy me not remembering..I knew there was a pic of it,but forgot I had written out the recipe for other members there.Thank you Shirley,for saving me having to type it all again..and sorry, I know you said to read it before the TV programme..too late ! All's well that ends well.:o)))))
I have just had another look at comments on it,Sticki..you didn't leave one,as I am sure you would have remembered,being a foodie..Lol.

found it!!! many thanks bloomer ~ and shirley ~ looks very very good. i was in edinburgh ~ thats how i managed to miss it i think?

I saw you had,Sticki..and hope you try it..I'm sure you will like it...ah,I remember you going to Edinburgh..or was that Whiston lass? .oh dear,here I go again..think it is time to go to bed,don't you ? :o)

it was me, unless whistonlass went too?
i should be in bed, didnt sleep well last night but here i am still on here and the ironing still not done.

Yes I think It was you,not Whiston lass..definitely off to my bed now..goodnight all.zzz

:-0 ~ thats me yawning.

Gonna try that one! Yum! :)

Go for it,Pixi..much easier than Battenburg..shame I didn't post it earlier..:o)))

lol yeah!!

Ooooh! Bloomer or Scotgran : You've got a copy of the old Be-Ro book! Any chance of posting the recipe for "Melting Moments" please? My Mum used to make them when I was a child - when dinosaurs walked the earth - and they never stayed around long as they were just soooooo delicious! Somewhere along the years the book was lost, went missing or got thrown away, but I still remember Melting Moments. :o))))))))))

I think my Dad still has my Mum copy of that..will look on Saturday :)

Nariz..just about to send it to you ..taken a pic of it from the recipe book...:o)

Bloomer have added this to my favourites and shall have a go at the weekend.

I hope you like it,Granny b..I'm in for an earful,if none of you do..:o)

Both ears Bloomer.LOL wear a tin hat.

a red one preferably lol

Crash helmet sounds more appropriate...and I love Red..Lol.

LOL!

Oh yum...this is the second of your recipes I've had to favourite today....don't put any more on Bloomer...think of my cholesterol...12oz fruit....hmmmm....part of my five a day....thanks for this recipe and great idea for C******** cake too:-))))

waht can you mean lol ;)

Oh you have decided to look at this at last,have you...where have you been,? we have been searching for you ! GoY should be your first priority of the day!Lol.
A little treat is ok,in moderation.my GP says,.so hope you enjoy it,.and as you say,plentyof fruit in it,to compensate..:o)

lol iwas on early jsut popped in for a min now..got a lto otdo today! :)

Hope you do whatever it is the right order - unlike your typing! ;o)

Pixi,I have only just come back on,and my last comment wasn't referring to you ! Lol.It was to Ba,as she asked for this recipe..nowhere to be seen..! but 60 comments later. she finally saw it..:o)

lol Nariz ...I know its bad..especially when Im in a hurry lol...and never got to do all I had to today ..my friend turned up with her toddler and drove me nuts! lol
Oh sry Bloomer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and BA ..bit embarrassed now lol :)

And so you should be..:o))

:(

Yeah, stop butting in and taking the blame for me Pixi:-)
Now Pixi...when you see C******** on GOY, it means C********, not c******* because no GOYer is allowed to mention the C word until December:-))))))

i have seen it in some shops already Ba.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

she's at it again...do I have to spell it out? I'll get drummed out of GOY if I do:-(

Sticki have you got a ladder? Flori's in need of one, stuck on a wall in Pamg's Sunny Sunday Morning blog:-0

Sorry wont comment again on this :(

i wont mention it till december tho!

im off to find a fireman with a ladder ~ i think??

Sorry Nariz I did not see your request for 'melting moments' but I also see it has been provided by Bloomer. Enjoy them.

Hi I've just read this and I have added it to my favourites and intend to make it tomorrow. Ta very much and the photo made my mouth water.....

Thank you,Breda..enjoy ! :o)