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I tried my hand at a fruit cake a few weeks back. The traditional kind you know, with a chockfull of nuts and fruits… very heavy and dense. This was the cake that you get at Christmas and weddings…and conventionally soaked in a strong liquor like brandy or rum. But I didn’t soak the dry fruits i…
Ingredients :
- 240 gms – All purpose four (plus 10 gms for dusting the pan)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp Rum (or) Brandy
- 250 gms butter
- 230 gms brown sugar
- Lightly beaten eggs – 4 nos
- 2 cups toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped
- Raisins – 160 gms
- Currants – 160 gms
- Cherries – 60 gms
- Chopped pineapple – 1 cup (I used canned pinneapple)
- Chopped dates – 1/2 cup
- Almonds – 60 gms (plus 1/4 cup for topping)
- 1 tsp nutmeg powder
- 1/2 tsp cloves grounded
- 1 tsp cinnamom powder
- 1/2 tsp ginger powder
Directions to bake :
- Preheat oven to 150 degrees C. Grease two 9×5 inch loaf pans, line with the parchment paper and greasing the top parchment paper layer.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, nutmeg powder, cinnamom powder, cloves powder,ginger powder & rum.
- Toss all the nuts (except 1/4 cup almonds) in 10 gms of flour & combine it with the above.
- Cream butter and sugar together till creamy.
- Add in eggs one at a time, beat well after each addition to prevent curdling.
- Toss the 1/4 cup almonds in the flour & keep aside.
- Finally fold everything together gently & pour the batter into the baking pan & just before smoothening the top, add the almonds tossed in flour & then level the top with the spatula.
- Bake at 150 degree C for 2 to 2 1/2 hrs. But after 2 hrs check if a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean without any crumbles, it shows the cake is ready.
