Fruit Cake Recipe
The fruit cake is a rich dessert cake baked with rum and fruit bits and flavors. Prepared with a batter of flour, cocoa, eggs, milk, chocolate and fruits soaked in rum, the fruit cake is rich, sinful, and very adult in nature!
Ingredients
200 gms. plain flour
3 eggs
125 ml. milk
120 gms. castor sugar
120 gms. white butter
2 tsp. baking powder
30 gms. cocoa powder
50 gms. candied peel
10 gms. crystallized ginger
30 gms. glace cherries
20 gms. sultanas
100 ml. milk
4 tbsp. dark rum
Directions
Soak the fruits in rum for 6-8 hours.
Beat the butter and sugar, till light and creamy.
Sieve together the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Fold in the flour, cooled melted chocolate and milk, alternately, using cut and fold method.
Gently mix in the fruits, along with the rum.
Grease and dust a 2 litre cake dish, pour in the batter.
Pre heat the oven on 'convection' at 180°C.
Bake the cake, placed on the low rack,at 180°C for 60:00 minutes.
Beat the butter and sugar, till light and creamy.
Sieve together the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Fold in the flour, cooled melted chocolate and milk, alternately, using cut and fold method.
Gently mix in the fruits, along with the rum.
Grease and dust a 2 litre cake dish, pour in the batter.
Pre heat the oven on 'convection' at 180°C.
Bake the cake, placed on the low rack,at 180°C for 60:00 minutes.
