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Posted on

11 October 2012

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Fruit Cake

Ingredients

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

Preparation

  • First, beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl.
  • Then add in the eggs one at a time.
  • Mix well.
  • Now pour in the milk and vanilla essence.
  • Keep this butter mixture
  • Also, keep aside 5 1/2 tbsp of the cake flour.
  • Following that - in another large bowl, sift the remaining flour and baking powder with a pinch of salt.
  • Now, you can add in the butter mixture.
  • Thereafter, dust the cake flour (that was kept aside) on the fruits, nuts and ginger.
  • Then incorporate all into the batter.
  • Pour this into a lined and greased baking baking tin.
  • 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.
  • Allow the cake to cool down.
  • Before serving, dust the icing sugar on top...and enjoy!
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