Light Fruit Cake
Light Fruit Cake

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, light fruit cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Light Fruit Cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Light Fruit Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

Combine flour, baking powder and salt in bowl; mix well. Add candied fruits, raisins and almonds; toss together to coat fruit with dry ingredients. Beat butter in another bowl until creamy.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have light fruit cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Light Fruit Cake:
  1. Take 3/4 cup (120 grams) candied mixed peel
  2. Get 1/2 cup (100 grams) candied red or green cherries (cut into quarters)
  3. Make ready 1/3 cup (40 grams) dark raisins
  4. Get 2-3 tablespoons Grand Marnier, rum, brandy, or sherry (optional)
  5. Make ready 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
  6. Get 1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar
  7. Make ready 3 large eggs, room temperature
  8. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  9. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
  10. Take 1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all-purpose flour
  11. Get 1/2 cup (50 grams) ground almonds (almond meal/flour)
  12. Make ready 1 teaspoon baking powder
  13. Take 1/4 teaspoons salt
  14. Take Zest of one small lemon (outer skin)
  15. Take 1/4 cup (60 ml) milk (whole or reduced fat)
  16. Make ready Some flaked almonds for decoration

Mix together the flour, salt and baking powder in a large mixing bowl. Cut up the cherries and pineapple, and add the fruit and nuts to the flour. Mix well to break up clumps of fruit, and to make sure each piece of fruit is coated with flour. Cream the butter or hard margarine together until light and fluffy.

Instructions to make Light Fruit Cake:
  1. In a large bowl, combine candied mixed peel, cherries, and dark raisins. Mix well. Stir in the brandy to coat the fruit. Cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let stand at room temperature at least 1 day(up to 2 days) to macerate the fruit, stirring occasionally.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C), with the oven rack in the center of the oven. Butter, or spray with a nonstick vegetable spray, a 9 x 5 x 3 inch (23 x 13 x 8 cm) loaf pan.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk dried ingredients together the flour, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest.
  4. In a large bowl of stand mixer and using the paddle attachment, beat the butter until creamy. Gradually add the sugar and beat until mixture is light and creamy. Beat in the egg one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping the sides of the bowl with a spatula to ensure ingredients are all incorporated. Beat 1 additional minute.
  5. Beat in the extracts. Add the candied and dried fruits, along with any juices, and beat until incorporated. Beat in half the flour mixture just until incorporated. Add almond flour, then beat in the milk and then the remaining flour mixture. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and, if desired, decorate the top of the cake with flaked almonds.
  6. Bake for about 60 - 70 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cover with a piece of aluminum foil if you find the cake is browning too much! Remove the cake from the oven. - Let it cool down in the baking tin. Cut into slices and serve.

Brush the hot glaze over the cooled cake. Decorate top with candied cherries and nuts and brush cake again with hot glaze. Dried fruits and nuts are mixed with oil, wine, and flour to create a humble yet tasty treat that is vegan to boot! Wrap in cellophane or Christmas paper and give as gifts to friends and family. This recipe uses a wide variety of tart and sweeter dried fruit: golden raisins, dark raisins, figs, prunes, cherries, apricots, and peaches.

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