This cake may not look it but I cooked it in a cake tin in the slow cooker.  You get a nice cake and keep the kitchen cool as well.  I hope you enjoy it.

NOTE:  For a Christmas cake version make the amendments in orange below.

Boiled Fruit Cake with Pineapple

Place butter, sugar, water, mixed fruit, pineapple, nutmeg and soda into a large saucepan.  Stir until boiling and allow to cool for at least 15 - 20 minutes.  This is an important step otherwise when you add the eggs they will cook.  Now add the beaten eggs and stir well.  Sift the flours and add them to the other ingredients in the saucepan making sure to mix thoroughly.

Spoon into a round slow cooker base or pour into a greased cake tin that fits into your slow cooker (approximately 8 in or 20cm).  I like to also line the pan if using the cake tin.  You can press extra pineapple pieces and pecans on top of the cake if you aren't icing it.

Cover with two layers of paper towel as this will absorb any extra moisture on the top of the cake.  Cook on high for 2 - 2.5 hours.  Let stand in crock pot for 20 minutes before turning out onto cake rack to cool completely.

I spread a small amount of pineapple jam with a pastry brush over the cake while still hot to add a nice glaze but that is optional.  You can also ice the cake if you like.  This cake comes out nice and high and tastes even better than it looks.  Get out your slow cooker now!