Light Fruit Cake
Light Fruit Cake

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, light fruit cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Light Fruit Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Light Fruit Cake is something that I have loved my whole life.

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. 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).

To begin 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 cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Light Fruit Cake:
  1. Take 3/4 cup (120 grams) candied mixed peel
  2. Take 1/2 cup (100 grams) candied red or green cherries (cut into quarters)
  3. Get 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. Take 1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar
  7. Prepare 3 large eggs, room temperature
  8. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  9. Get 1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
  10. Get 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. Prepare 1/4 teaspoons salt
  14. Take Zest of one small lemon (outer skin)
  15. Get 1/4 cup (60 ml) milk (whole or reduced fat)
  16. Make ready Some flaked almonds for decoration

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'. Christmas Muffins or Light Fruit Cake (圣诞马芬） - Guai Shu Shu. 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! This fruit cake is light, fruity and delicious.

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.

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! This fruit cake is light, fruity and delicious. 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. Olga's light fruit cake is just one of lots of recipes created by goodtoknow users.

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