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Fruit Cake

Fruit Cake
  • For : 1 cake
  • Time : 1 hour
  • Difficulty : easy

Ingredients for Fruit Cake :

  • 320 g flour
  • 200 g soft butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 150 g sugar
  • 2 little bags baking powder
  • 5 tablespoons rum
  • 100 g candied fruits
  • 100 g raisins

Technical stages for Fruit Cake :

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1

Prepare all the ingredients.

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2

Soak the fruits and raisins in rum.

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3

Meanwhile, mix the butter and sugar with a wooden spatula until pale and foamy.

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4

Add the eggs and mix.

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5

Add the milk and soaked fruits. Mix well.

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6

At last, combine the sifted flour with the baking powder.

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7

You should get a homogeneous batter.

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8

Butter a cake pan.

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9

Fill it up to 3/4 of its volume.

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10

Bake in a warm oven (180°C or 356°F) for 40 minutes.

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11

After a few minutes the cake starts to rise...

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12

...and browns nicely. Check that the cake is baked at the end by dipping the blade of a knife in it. If it comes out dry, the cake is ready.

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13

Take out of the oven.

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14

Unmold and leave to cool.

Thank you for following this recipe !

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