Christmas is coming near and what I'm thinking for christmas is a fruitcake.This fruitcake is very easy to make.It is like making a butter cake,but mixng in extra ingredients like spices and mixed fruits.Nuts like almonds can also be added in.Sugar can be substituted with brown sugar. So,this marked my first year end cake for 2020.It is a big cake.I used a round 8" cake tin with removable base for easy take out.
250 g Butter
230 g Caster Sugar
300 g Plain Flour
25 g Corn Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
5 Eggs
400 g Mix Fruits - add 2 tbsps flour
1 tsp Cinnamon Powder
1 tsp Ginger Juice
1 tsp Warmed Honey
1 tsp Grated Nutmeg
METHOD;
1. Pre-heat oven to 150°C.
2. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.Add in eggs one at a time.Beat well after each addition.
3. Sieve flour,corn flour and baking powder together.Add flour mixture into creamed/butter mixture.
4. Just roughly stir for a while,then add in the mixed fruits.Mix well.
5. Pour the cake mixture into a tray lined with parchment paper or greased baking paper.8" or 20cm
tray(round or square)
6. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 1 1/2 hours or insert a cake inserter into the center of the cake to
check whether it is fully baked or not. If the inserter comes out clean,the cake is done.Let cool for a
while before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
