Fruit Cake with Cranberries

Ingredients

• 70 g dried pears
• 70 g dried apricots
• 125 g cranberries
• 60 ml lukewarm milk (3.5 % fat)
• 1 cube fresh yeast (42 g)
• 1 tsp Honey
• 500 g whole wheat flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 100 g liquid butter
• 3 tsp orange zest
• 100 g unsweetened applesauce
• 1 tsp gingerbread spice
• 75 g chopped walnut kernels
• 100 g raisins
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tbsp Milk (3.5 % fat)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Cut dried fruits and cranberries into small cubes.

2. 2.

   Whisk yeast in the milk with honey until smooth.

3. 3.

   Add flour, salt, butter, orange zest, applesauce, gingerbread spice to a bowl, pour in dissolved yeast, and knead with an electric hand mixer’s dough hook until a dough forms; fold in dried fruits, nuts, and raisins. Cover dough and let rise for 45 minutes in a warm place.

4. 4.

   Knead dough on a floured surface, shape into a loaf, place on parchment-lined baking sheet, and let rise again for 30 minutes in a warm spot.

5. 5.

   Whisk egg yolk with milk and brush the fruit cake with it. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C (fan 160 °C; gas: level 2–3) for about 75 minutes. Remove and cool.