Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, light fruit cake. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Light Fruit Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Light Fruit Cake is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
Light Fruit Cake: If desired, in a bowl combine the candied mixed peel, cherries, and dark raisins. Stir in the alcohol, cover, and let sit at room temperature at least a day (up to two days). Although not a proper British Fruit Cake, this Light Fruit Cake should not be ignored. It has lots of what I consider the best part of a fruit cake, candied fruit.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook light fruit cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Light Fruit Cake:
- Make ready 3/4 cup (120 grams) candied mixed peel
- Prepare 1/2 cup (100 grams) candied red or green cherries (cut into quarters)
- Make ready 1/3 cup (40 grams) dark raisins
- Take 2-3 tablespoons Grand Marnier, rum, brandy, or sherry (optional)
- Take 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
- Prepare 1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar
- Prepare 3 large eggs, room temperature
- Get 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Take 1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
- Make ready 1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all-purpose flour
- Take 1/2 cup (50 grams) ground almonds (almond meal/flour)
- Prepare 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoons salt
- Make ready Zest of one small lemon (outer skin)
- Prepare 1/4 cup (60 ml) milk (whole or reduced fat)
- Prepare Some flaked almonds for decoration
Beat butter in another bowl until creamy. Add sugar; continue beating until mixture is light and fluffy. This is a light fruit cake that is excellent for a wedding cake. This makes the top tier of a three tier wedding cake, or make it alone for christenings, Christmas, or whenever you need a good, lighter, fruit cake.
Steps 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.
This is a light fruit cake that is excellent for a wedding cake. This makes the top tier of a three tier wedding cake, or make it alone for christenings, Christmas, or whenever you need a good, lighter, fruit cake. Christmas Muffins or Light Fruit Cake (圣诞马芬） - Guai Shu Shu. Method Strain the fruit and fold into the cake mix. This Light Fruit Cake Recipe is taken from Eric's Lanlard's Baking Mad masterclasses held at his cookery school Cake-Boy and can also be found in his delicious cook book 'Home Bake'.
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