Fruit Cake [1]

3/4 cup or 13 tbsp sugar

2 tsp baking powder

2 1/4 cups cake flour

4 1/4 tbsp milk

5 large eggs

1 cup butter

1 1/2 tsp vanilla essence

1 cup glace cherries

1 cup sultanas

10 tbsp mixed citrus peel

8 tbsp glace fruit - chopped

3 1/4 preserved ginger - chopped

8 tbsp pecan nuts - chopped

1

First, beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl.
2

Then add in the eggs one at a time.
3

Mix well.
4

Now pour in the milk and vanilla essence.
5

Keep this butter mixture
6

Also, keep aside 5 1/2 tbsp of the cake flour.
7

Following that - in another large bowl, sift the remaining flour and baking powder with a pinch of salt.
8

Now, you can add in the butter mixture.
9

Thereafter, dust the cake flour (that was kept aside) on the fruits, nuts and ginger.
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Then incorporate all into the batter.
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Pour this into a lined and greased baking baking tin.
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Bake in a preheated oven (150 degrees C or 302 degrees F) for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until cooked from the inside.
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Allow the cake to cool down.
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Before serving, dust the icing sugar on top...and enjoy!

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