Fruit and Cherry Afternoon Tea Cake

Fruit and Cherry Afternoon Tea Cake – Another FABULOUS fruit cake recipe which is an adapted recipe from one of my old BeRo cookbooks.

A Vintage Be-Ro Cookbook Recipe served on Woodsware Beryl

Another FABULOUS fruit cake recipe for Fruit and Cherry Afternoon Tea Cake, which is an adapted recipe from one of my old BeRo cookbooks.

This was named as a Family Fruit Cake in the 1950’s version of my mum’s old BeRo coookbook, but I added some glacé cherries to the recipe, which makes it fruitier.

I served this cake a couple of weeks ago, as part of one of our weekly Sunday Tea Trays, and we all really enjoyed it, with a piece of cheese.

This recipe would make a great Christmas Cake, make it a few weeks before as usual, and feed it with brandy,whisky,sherry or rum.

Of course, this cake would make a wonderful family cake for the cake tin, as it was called originally in the BeRo book.

I served this historical cake recipe on my vintage Woodsware Beryl china, which I love using for everyday, as well as for special occasions too – it’s very much of the era of this recipe.

This cake keeps well, especially if you make it with butter and not margarine. The original recipe suggests half a teaspoon of mixed spice, I added 1 teaspoon for a more pronounced flavour.

In place of currants, dried mixed fruit can be used, but you won’t need to add any extra chopped peel, as dried mixed fruit in the UK usually has chopped peel added.

I hope you enjoy this Family Cake if you make it, and do let me know in the comments below, as I love hearing from people who make my recipes, Karen

Original Recipe

Baking and Serving Notes

• In place of currants, dried mixed fruit can be used, but you won’t need to add any extra chopped peel, as dried mixed fruit in the UK usually has chopped peel added.
• Enjoy this cake with a pot of tea, ot with a glass of port and a wedge of cheese. (We prefer Wensleydale cheese with ours, but Cheshire cheese would also be delectable)
• Use butter and not margarine for a richer cake.
• Add whole blanched almonds on top of the cake before baking for a Dundee style cake.

More Fruit Cake Recipes

• Yorkshire Dales Barm Brack Fruit Cake
• Winter Fruit Cake with Port
• Wartime Eggless Fruit Cake (Vinegar Cake)

• 1950’s Standard Fruit Cake
• Yorkshire Farmhouse Fruit Cake
• Winston Churchill’s Fruit Loaf

More Be-Ro Vintage Recipes

• Traditional Scottish Shortbread Petticoat Tails
• Be-Ro Dropped Scones for Breakfast (Griddle Cakes)
• Old-Fashioned Lemon Meringue Pie

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Fruit and Cherry Afternoon Tea Cake Recipe