Recipe: Gluten Free Boiled Fruit Cake
Description: This is a gluten free variation of a recipe from &quot;My Daily Dinner Cookery Book&quot;, which cost my mother three shillings, or $AUD0.30 many years ago.
Ingredients: [{"text": "125 g butter or 125 g margarine"}, {"text": "1/2 kg mixed dried fruit"}, {"text": "1 teaspoon allspice"}, {"text": "1 teaspoon cinnamon"}, {"text": "1/2 teaspoon nutmeg"}, {"text": "2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda"}, {"text": "1 cup sugar"}, {"text": "1 cup cold water"}, {"text": "1 apple, deseeded and chopped (or grated)"}, {"text": "3 eggs"}, {"text": "1 cup besan (chick pea flour)"}, {"text": "1 cup glutinous-rice flour"}, {"text": "2 teaspoons gluten free baking powder"}]
Instructions: 1.  Place butter, spices, fruit, bicarbonate soda, apple, water and sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
2.  Boil for two minutes.
3.  Cool a little.
4.  Sift dry ingredients.
5.  Mix in the rest of the ingredients.
6.  Bake at 175C for 50-60 minutes.
