Dried Fruit Cake
Cake with dried fruit is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the loaf cake category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 80 g dried plums
- 50 g Raisins
- 100 ml rum
- 250 g butter
- 250 g sugar
- 4 eggs
- Salt
- 400 g flour
- 1 packet baking powder
- 180 ml milk
- 40 g chopped candied orange peel
- 40 g chopped candied lemon peel
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- flour (for dusting)
- butter (for the pan)
- breadcrumbs (for the pan)
Instructions
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1.
Cut the dried plums into small pieces and soak them with the raisins in rum.
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2.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) fan or conventional heat.
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3.
Cream the butter with sugar, then gradually fold in the eggs with a pinch of salt.
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4.
Sift together flour and baking powder, then alternately stir into the butter mixture with milk.
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5.
Drain the dried fruit well, dust the candied orange and lemon peel with flour, and mix them into the batter with the lemon juice.
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6.
Pour the batter into a greased loaf tin lined with breadcrumbs, spread evenly, and bake in the preheated oven for 50–60 minutes; test with a skewer.
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7.
Cover the top of the cake with buttered parchment paper early to prevent excessive browning.
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8.
Remove the finished cake from the oven, let it cool, carefully unmould, and allow to chill. Slice and serve.
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