Best 20 Boiled Cake Recipes

BOILED RAISIN CAKE I

Steps:

• Boil raisins in 2 cups of water for 15 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Add vegetable oil and cold water to the raisins.
• Mix sugar, flour, spices, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
• Add the raisin mixture, and stir till just mixed.
• Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch baking pan, and bake for one hour in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven. It is done if a toothpick comes out clean.

BOILED FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan, and line with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
• Combine the water, mixed fruit, sugar and butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, and boil gently for about 10 minutes. Sift the flour, baking soda and mixed spice into a large bowl. Pour in the boiled mixture, and stir until well blended. Mix in the eggs. Pour into the greased loaf pan.
• Bake for 90 minutes in the preheated oven, until a skewer or knife inserted into the top comes out clean. Cool cake in the pan for at least 10 minutes before removing.

GRANDMOTHER'S BOILED RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees(165 degrees C). Grease a 9 x 5 inch pan. Set aside.
• In 3 quart saucepan, boil raisins slowly water until there is 1 cup of water left and the raisins are plump. Allow mixture to cool.
• Stir in sugar and egg. Mix spices with boiling water and add to raisin mixture. Add flour, soda, vanilla and last, the melted shortening. Blend well. Pour into loaf pan.
• Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. When cool make glaze by mixing confectioners sugar, ground cinnamon, and milk. Spread on top of cooled cake.

BOILED RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• In saucepan. place raisins, brown sugar, hot water, shortening, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
• Bring mixture to boiling point, cover and let simmer for 6 minutes.
• Cool to lukewarm and add vanilla.
• Add soda to flour and mix.
• Combine flour and raisin mixture well.
• Bake in buttered 9X5" loaf pan in 325° oven for 1-1 1/4 hours. Cool in pan.
• This cake improves with keeping.
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• NOTE--It can be a challenge to find pastry flour. Even well-stocked supermarkets seldom carry more varieties than cake flour, all-purpose flour (9% to 12% protein), and bread flour. If you can't find pastry flour, you can mix your own by combining cake flour and all-purpose flour in a ratio somewhere between two parts cake flour to one part all-purpose and one part cake flour to one part all-purpose.

PINEAPPLE BOILED FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Place mixed fruit, sugar, butter and pineapple including juice into a saucepan.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Allow to cool.
• Beat eggs slightly and stir into fruit mixture.
• Sift together the flours, spice and bircarbonate of soda.
• Fold into fruit mixture.
• Place mixture into a greased and lined 30cm cake tin.
• Bake in a moderate oven for 90 minutes.
• Test after 90 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED BOILED SULTANA CAKE

Steps:

• Place butter, sultana's, sugar and water in saucepan, bring to the boil, cover and let simmer for 3 minutes.
• Allow to cool.
• Add the eggs one at a time, then sifted flours and baking powder.
• Mix, pour into a lined 7" x 8" (18 x 20cm) square tin.
• Bake at 180 celcius or until a skewer comes out clean.

BOILED RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Gently boil coffee, raisins, currants, orange peel, sugars, nutmeg, and butter over moderate heat, uncovered, in a 3-quart heavy saucepan, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Cool mixture to room temperature, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour.
• Put a small roasting pan filled halfway with hot water on rack in lowest position in oven (to provide moisture during baking). Put remaining oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Generously butter tube pan.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl, then stir into raisin mixture until combined well. Spoon batter into tube pan and smooth top. Bake in middle of oven until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Cool cake completely in pan on a rack, about 2 1/2 hours, then turn out onto a serving plate.
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BOILED CHOCOLATE DELIGHT CAKE

Steps:

• Thoroughly grease bottom and sides of a 2-quart heat proof mold or 9 inch bundt pan. Sprinkle with white sugar and tap out excess.
• n large mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs and blend well.
• In separate bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, cinnamon and baking soda; add to butter mixture alternately with milk until well blended. Stir in the chopped nuts.
• Spoon batter into a greased mold. Cover with piece of greased aluminum foil, greased side down. Fold down edges of foil around rim; fasten securely with string.
• Place a rack in la large kettle or pot; pour in water to top of rack. Heat water to boiling; place mold on rack. Reduce heat. Cover kettle and steam cake over simmering water for hour and 25 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. (Add water, as needed, during steaming to keep water at rack level.) Remove mold from kettle; cool 10 minutes on wire rack. Run tip of sharp knife around edges; invert on serving plate. Serve hot accompanied with sauces of your choice.

BOILED RAISIN CAKE WITH CARAMEL FROSTING

Steps:

• Boil 1/2 cup raisins for 2 mins and retain 1/2 to 3/4 cup of the water.
• Cream butter, brown sugar and eggs.
• Mix dry ingredients.
• Add raisins and 1/2 to 3/4 cup of liquid.
• plus vanilla.
• Bake in greased 13 x 9 pan at 350 for 45 minutes.
• ICING:.
• Boil sugar, butter and milk for 2 mins, stirring constantly.
• Cool 30 minutes Add icing sugar and stir til smooth.
• Ice Raisin cake.

BOILED CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees c.
• Place sugar, water, butter, bicarb soda& cocoa in a saucepan& bring to the boil.
• Once boiling, time for 2 minutes, then remove from heat.
• Grease& line base of a loaf pan.
• Once chocolate mixture has cooled, add the flour& egg.
• Mix well until smooth.
• Place in pan& cook in oven for 35 minutes.

BOILED CAKE ( POOR MAN'S FRUITCAKE)

Steps:

• Boil sugar, shortening, raisins, salt, and water (do not boil dates). Add dry ingredients, dates and walnuts to the boiled mixture. Bake at 325* in (2) 8"x8"x2" pans or in (1) 13"x9"x2" pan for 60-75 minutes. Allow to cool and divide into 4 "loaves". Wrap well and store. Serve sliced and plain or with hard sauce. This cake will stay moist for many months, but keeps best when moistened with rum or brandy.

BOILED FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Place dried fruit, mixed peel, cherries, water, brandy, sugar and butter in pan.
• Heat gently, bring the boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Take of heat and add the bicarb soda, stirring through, mixture will foam up a bit. Leave until cold.
• Sift flours and spices.
• Mix the eggs through the fruit mixture, then combine with dry ingredient.
• Pour into a lined 18cm square cake pan or 18cm round cake pan.
• Wet your hand and flatten top of cake.
• Bake at 150C for 1 hour.
• Cool in pan covered with a tea towel.

BOILED RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Boil sugar, shortening, water, raisins and spices for 5 minutes; remove from heat and let cool completely.
• 2. Mix dry ingredients together; add to cooled mixture stirring by hand.
• 3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Pour cake mixture into a large greased and floured loaf pan or 3 smaller aluminum loaf pans and place walnut halves across the top of cake(s). Bake for 1 hour, stick a toothpick in center of cake, if it comes out wet bake for an additional 10 minutes. Cool; pour brandy over the top of the cake and cover with aluminum foil. Let sit in a dark place for at least 3 months for the raisins to ferment.
• 4. For Vanilla Sauce: Bring milk and 1/2 cup sugar to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
• 5. Beat yolks and 2 Tbsp sugar together until light and lemon-colored.
• 6. Remove pan from heat and pour milk over eggs, stirring vigorously. Pour milk mixture into pan and heat, without boiling, until thickened.
• 7. Remove from heat; add vanill and butter and stir.
• 8. NOTE: This cake will keep for quite awhile. If it should become hard around the edges, just make the vanilla sauce and pour over it.

BOILED CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
• Combine water, sugar, shortening, salt, cocoa, raisins, and spices in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, and continue to boil for 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla and nuts.
• Combine flour and baking soda. Stir into boiled mixture, and thoroughly mix. Pour into prepared pan, and spread evenly.
• Bake for 50 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool.

GLUTEN FREE BOILED FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• 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.

BOILED DATE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine butter, milk, sugar, dates and spices in a pan, stir over heat until butter is melted, bring to boil, remove from heat, stir in soda, stand 5 minutes.
• Stir in lightly beaten eggs and sifted flour in two lots, mix well.
• Pour mixture (it will be quite thick) into a well greased 20cm ring tin, bake in a moderate oven for 40 minutes.
• Turn onto a wire rack to cool.
• Serve buttered.

BOILED CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• 1) Heat water, sugar, bicarb soda, butter and cocoa powder in a large saucepan. Stir, brining to the boill, and then simmer 7 minutes 2) Pre-heat oven to 180C 3) Cool mixture for half an hour 4) Mix in the eggs 5) Mix in the flour 6) Cook in a greased, lined tin for 50-60 minutes Icing: mix icing sugar, butter and cocoa and add milk to get a smooth consistency

BETTY'S OLD FASHIONED BOILED CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 180oC/375oF. Well grease and line a 30 x 30 cm cake tin (about 10 inch x 10 inch).
• 2. In a sauce pan bring the water, oil, butter and cocoa to the boil. Stir well and cool for 20 minutes.
• 3. In a large bowl add the remaining ingredients and beat. Add the cooler cocoa mix and beat. Pour into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for 50 - 60 minutes.
• 4. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Top with desired icing or frosting. Keep in a Tupperware style container for up to 3 or 4 days.

NOT BETTY'S GLUTEN FREE BOILED FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. In a medium bowl, place the dried fruit, ginger and drained pineapple (reserve 3/4 cup of juice for later) mix and cover. Stand overnight.
• 2. The next day: In a saucepan, place the fruit, tea, butter and sugar. Bring to the boil and remove from the heat. Mix in the bicarb with the boiling water and and stir through. Cool the mixture.
• 3. Pre-heat oven to 320oF/160oC and well grease and line an 8 inch (20 cm) square cake tin.
• 4. To the now cooled mixture, add the eggs, reserved pineapple juice and sifted flour, spices and baking powder. Stir well.
• 5. Gently pour into the prepared tin. Bake for 90 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool cake COMPLETELY in the tin.
• 6. Once cold, remove cake from tin and wrap in aluminum foil and store in an air tight container for up to 2 weeks. To serve, slice as needed and return to the foil and well seal.

BOILED SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Boil and cool, add 2 tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt and 3 c. four. Makes 2 good sized cakes. Bake 1 hour at 350.