Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, light fruit cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Light Fruit Cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Light Fruit Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have light fruit cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Light Fruit Cake:
- Get 3/4 cup (120 grams) candied mixed peel
- Get 1/2 cup (100 grams) candied red or green cherries (cut into quarters)
- Take 1/3 cup (40 grams) dark raisins
- Get 2-3 tablespoons Grand Marnier, rum, brandy, or sherry (optional)
- Take 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
- Make ready 1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar
- Prepare 3 large eggs, room temperature
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Take 1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
- Make ready 1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all-purpose flour
- Get 1/2 cup (50 grams) ground almonds (almond meal/flour)
- Get 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoons salt
- Get Zest of one small lemon (outer skin)
- Take 1/4 cup (60 ml) milk (whole or reduced fat)
- Make ready Some flaked almonds for decoration
Cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. 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.
Instructions to make Light Fruit Cake:
- 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.
- 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.
- In a separate bowl, whisk dried ingredients together the flour, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Sift together flour, salt and baking powder, add to margarine mixture alternately with milk. Stir fruit in lightly to dough. If you don't like fruit cake, this light fruit cake recipe may change your mind. It is filled with luscious fruits, coconut, almonds and raisins. Light Fruitcake Apart from their lighter color, light fruitcakes tend to be less rich and not quite as sweet as their dark counterparts.
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