Light Fruit Cake
Light Fruit Cake

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, light fruit cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Light Fruit Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Light Fruit Cake is something which I have loved my whole life.

Add candied fruits, raisins and almonds; toss together to coat fruit with dry ingredients. Beat butter in another bowl until creamy. Add sugar; continue beating until mixture is light and fluffy. Gradually stir in fruit mixture until well mixed.

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

The ingredients needed to make Light Fruit Cake:
  1. Take 3/4 cup (120 grams) candied mixed peel
  2. Prepare 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. Get 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. Get 1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
  10. Make ready 1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all-purpose flour
  11. Take 1/2 cup (50 grams) ground almonds (almond meal/flour)
  12. Get 1 teaspoon baking powder
  13. Make ready 1/4 teaspoons salt
  14. Get Zest of one small lemon (outer skin)
  15. Prepare 1/4 cup (60 ml) milk (whole or reduced fat)
  16. Make ready Some flaked almonds for decoration

Add beaten eggs, vanilla and lemon flavorings and juice, Stir well. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder, add to margarine mixture alternately with milk. Stir fruit in lightly to dough. Boil a kettle and soak the fruit while you prepare the other ingredients.

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.
  7. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Stir fruit in lightly to dough. Boil a kettle and soak the fruit while you prepare the other ingredients. Mix the dry ingredients, beat in the butter. Combine the eggs, milk and vanilla extract and beat into the mixture. Strain the fruit and fold into the cake mix.

So that’s going to wrap it up for this special food light fruit cake recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I am confident you can make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page on your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!