Light Fruit Cake
Light Fruit Cake

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. 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:
  1. Take 3/4 cup (120 grams) candied mixed peel
  2. Prepare 1/2 cup (100 grams) candied red or green cherries (cut into quarters)
  3. Take 1/3 cup (40 grams) dark raisins
  4. Prepare 2-3 tablespoons Grand Marnier, rum, brandy, or sherry (optional)
  5. Get 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
  6. Take 1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar
  7. Get 3 large eggs, room temperature
  8. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  9. Get 1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
  10. Take 1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all-purpose flour
  11. Take 1/2 cup (50 grams) ground almonds (almond meal/flour)
  12. Get 1 teaspoon baking powder
  13. Make ready 1/4 teaspoons salt
  14. Make ready Zest of one small lemon (outer skin)
  15. Get 1/4 cup (60 ml) milk (whole or reduced fat)
  16. Prepare Some flaked almonds for decoration

Stir in the alcohol, cover, and let sit at room temperature at least a day (up to two days). Boil a kettle and soak the fruit while you prepare the other ingredients. Mix the dry ingredients, beat in the butter. Combine the eggs, milk and vanilla extract and beat into the mixture.

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.

Strain the fruit and fold into the cake mix. How To Make Light Fruit Cake. Grease and line the cake tin (pan) with baking parchment. This is a light fruit cake that is excellent for a wedding cake. Gently fold in the fruit then spoon the mixture into the tin.

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