Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, light fruit cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
For this Light Fruit Cake I like to use a combination of candied mixed peel and candied cherries (can use either red or green). Candied fruit is actually preserved fruit that has been dipped several times. Light Fruit Cake- rich, luscious Madeira cake that's light, fluffy and moist with a wonderful buttery taste studded with dried mixed fruits.
Light Fruit Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Light Fruit Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have light fruit cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Light Fruit Cake:
- Make ready candied mixed peel
- Get candied red or green cherries (cut into quarters)
- Prepare dark raisins
- Get Grand Marnier, rum, brandy, or sherry (optional)
- Get unsalted butter, room temperature
- Get granulated white sugar
- Get large eggs, room temperature
- Take pure vanilla extract
- Take pure almond extract
- Prepare all-purpose flour
- Get ground almonds (almond meal/flour)
- Take baking powder
- Make ready salt
- Get Zest of one small lemon (outer skin)
- Prepare milk (whole or reduced fat)
- Get Some flaked almonds for decoration
It's dotted with glace cherries, pineapple, raisins, mixed peel and almonds. It's the perfect cake to be used as a wedding or Christmas cake. I prefer a slightly lighter cake with lots of fruit and nuts. And from a convenience perspective I could not be bothered to boil all the fruit.
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.
I tried this recipe last year for christmas and it was exactly the way. When summer fruit is at its sweetest, it doesn't take a lot of work to transform it into one of these delicious, healthy desserts. "This cake is amazing, and it's so easy to make! Light and fruity, this simple cake is perfect for an afternoon tea with friends or family. Now stir in the soaked fruits with the juices and when well mixed, spoon into the prepared cake tin. Everyday Fruit Cake is almost apologetically easy.
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