Recipe#3866

Title: Boiled Fruitcake

 From: "Doreen Randal" ynnuf@clear.net.nz 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Boiled Chocolate Fruit Cake 
 Date: 26 Apr 1998 06:22:10 -0600 
 Message-ID: <199804241014.WAA09966@fep1-orange.clear.net.nz> 

1 cup sugar
 2 beaten eggs
 4 ozs butter
 1 tsp lemon essence
 1 cup black tea
 1 1/2 cups flour
 1 Tbs cocoa
 1 tsp baking powder
 1 Tbs coffee essence or instant coffee
 1 tsp mixed spice
 2 cups mixed dried fruit
 1 tsp baking soda
 Boil sugar, butter, tea, coffee and fruit for 5 minutes, add soda
 and let cool.  Add other ingredients and bake 1 hour in moderate
 oven.  Ice with lemon butter icing when cold.