# Awesome Three-Ingredient Fruit Cake

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/three-ingredient-fruit-cake/
- Published: 2022-11-29T11:00:00+11:00
- Author: Clare Whitfield

A **Three-Ingredient Cake**??! You betcha!

We have not just one version of Three Ingredient Fruit Cake, but two! So easy, you
could whip it up in no time! This recipe just keeps getting better and better, huh?
Wait till you get to taste it!

Bringing the renowned 3-Ingredient Fruit Cake, which is created using self-rising
flour, [iced coffee](https://goto.walmart.com/c/1257440/565706/9383?veh=aff&sourceid=imp_000011112222333344&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FInternational-Delight-Mocha-Iced-Coffee-64-Oz%2F19856851),
and mixed fruit. Highly acclaimed, incredibly simple, and absolutely delicious!

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## Awesome Three-Ingredient Fruit Cake

 Recipe by Stay at Home Mum

0.0 from 0 votes

 Course: DessertCuisine: AustalianDifficulty: Easy

Servings

 Adjust servings

+

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12

servings

Prep time

24

hours 

Cooking time

1

hour 

Calories

300

kcal

Total time

25

hours 

  Cook Mode

### Ingredients

 * **Ingredient Fruit Cake Version 1**
 * 600 grams Mixed dried fruit
 * 600 millilitre Chocolate Milk
 * 2 cups Flour Self-Raising
 * **Ingredient Fruit Cake Version 2**
 * 1000 grams Mixed fruit
 * 2 cups Fruit juice
 * 2 cups Flour Self-Raising

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### Directions

 * Version 1:
 * Soak the dried fruit in the milk overnight in the fridge.
 * The next day, (preheat oven to 160 degrees) fold in the self raising flour, pour
   into a cake or loaf tin.
 * Bake for approx one hour at 160 degrees. Fan forced ovens may need to have slightly
   lower temp and shorter cooking time.
 * The chocolate milk can also be substituted with:
 * Iced Coffee
 * Cold Tea
 * Cold milky coffee
 * Version 2: (By Maree Beck)
 * Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
 * Mix all ingredients together pour into lined 20cm square tin.
 * Bake for 90 minutes, turn oven off and leave in oven for 30 minutes.

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### Notes

 * Both versions of the **Three Ingredient Fruit Cake** is suitable for freezing
   up to 6 months

 

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 Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical
home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney,
she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school 
age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience
in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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## Comments

### By: Zoe Jane

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/three-ingredient-fruit-cake/#comment-174
- Published: 2011-08-07T10:15:23+10:00

I love this recipe! I use 1kg fruit and it also works well with either cold tea 
or orange juice instead of the chocolate milk – just for something different!

### By: bowheno

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/three-ingredient-fruit-cake/#comment-178
- Published: 2011-11-08T20:12:54+11:00

How much liquid do you use with 1 kg of fruit? – I will be using orange juice.

### By: Cat

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/three-ingredient-fruit-cake/#comment-59759
- Published: 2013-05-23T14:59:28+10:00

I love this recipe! Next time I’ll try with 500g of fruit to see what it will taste
like 🙂

### By: katty1

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/three-ingredient-fruit-cake/#comment-175
- Published: 2011-09-02T20:50:07+10:00

I am going to give this a go with the milk and will do the 1kg of fruit. – thanks
for the advice zoe. would be awesome with the cold tea or orange juice- do you still
use the same amount of liquid when doing the 1kg of fruit?

### By: missmelly

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/three-ingredient-fruit-cake/#comment-176
- Published: 2011-10-01T13:11:37+10:00

I use a tin of apricot nectar and I soak the fruit over night if I plan ahead.

### By: shellski81

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/three-ingredient-fruit-cake/#comment-177
- Published: 2011-11-08T09:13:01+11:00

This sounds so easy! I didn’t realise they were so easy. 😛
 Now, sorry for my naivety
but how long do they keep for? And is there a specific way I should keep it? (In
a fabric bag or airtight container….?) How much Rum is a good amount? I don’t want
the kids getting tipsy. hehe.

### By: sharon

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/three-ingredient-fruit-cake/#comment-106275
- Published: 2014-07-18T16:45:00+10:00

i made this and soaked my fruit in rum at xmas. it lasted months

### By: Stay at Home Mum

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/recipes/baking/three-ingredient-fruit-cake/#comment-106276
- Published: 2014-07-18T18:06:00+10:00

Sounds delicious Sharon 🙂