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Fruit Cake Slice With Lemon Icing

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  • Servings: 12
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 20m
    • The following recipe serves 12 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 125 grams unsalted butter (at room temperature)
  • 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/4 cup apricot jam
  • 3 cups crumbled fruitcake
  • 3/4 cup self-rising flour
  • 1/4 cup desiccated coconut
  • 2 teaspoons mixed spice
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • Extra mixed spice, to decorate
  • FOR LEMON ICING INGREDIENTS
  • 100 grams unsalted butter (at room temperature)
  • 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
  • 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar (icing)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Grease a 19cm x 30cm lamington pan. Line base of pan with baking paper.

  • Step 2: Beat butter and sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Beat in apricot jam. Transfer mixture to a large bowl.

  • Step 3: Stir cake crumbs into egg mixture until combined, stir in flour, coconut, mixed spice and milk, in two batches. Spread mixture into prepared pan.

  • Step 4: Cook in a moderate oven (180C) for about 30 minutes, or until cooked when tested. Stand for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.

  • Step 5: Lemon Icing ~

  • Step 6: Beat butter and lemon rind until pale in colour. Gradually beat in icing sugar mixture, and beat until smooth.

  • Step 7: Spread lemon icing over cold slice. Sprinkle with extra mixed spice before cutting into squares.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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