Light Fruit Cake
Light Fruit Cake

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, light fruit cake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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 appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Light Fruit Cake is something that I have loved my whole life.

This is a light fruit cake that is excellent for a wedding cake. 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.

To begin with this recipe, we have to 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:
  1. Make ready 3/4 cup (120 grams) candied mixed peel
  2. Make ready 1/2 cup (100 grams) candied red or green cherries (cut into quarters)
  3. Get 1/3 cup (40 grams) dark raisins
  4. Take 2-3 tablespoons Grand Marnier, rum, brandy, or sherry (optional)
  5. Make ready 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
  6. Make ready 1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar
  7. Get 3 large eggs, room temperature
  8. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  9. Prepare 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. Prepare 1 teaspoon baking powder
  13. Make ready 1/4 teaspoons salt
  14. Prepare 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

In a large bowl, combine the nuts, dates and cherries. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; add to nut mixture, stirring until nuts and fruit are well coated. The holiday season presents a prickly moral dilemma for my mother. Her signature dessert is a meticulously faithful execution of Great-Aunt Margaret's Christmas fruitcake recipe, which must be soaked in peach brandy.

Steps 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.

The holiday season presents a prickly moral dilemma for my mother. Her signature dessert is a meticulously faithful execution of Great-Aunt Margaret's Christmas fruitcake recipe, which must be soaked in peach brandy. This cake is a rich, dark, moist fruit cake, very flavorful at Christmas. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch. This recipe is started in October or November so as to let it mellow before the holidays.

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