RECIPES
Fruit Cake
Ingredients
400 grams (14 oz.) butter or margarine (room temperature)
200 grams (7 oz.) brown sugar
200 grams (7 oz.) sugar
6 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
5 tablespoons rum
½kilogram (1 lb)
½teaspoon baking soda
1 pinch ground clove
1 pinch nutmeg
1 pinch cinnamon powder
¼teaspoon baking powder 150 grams (5 oz.) raisins
150 grams (5 oz.) golden raisins
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
150 grams (5 oz.) dried seedless prunes
100 grams (3.5 oz.) cherries maraschinos
100 grams (3.5 oz.) chopped dried apricots Powder sugar to decorate
Directions
In the Oster® Mixmaster® Stand Mixer, mix the butter or margarine with the sugar. Add eggs, one by one. Add vanilla and rum. Mix the dry ingredients separately, setting aside 5 tablespoons to powder the dried fruit. Add the dried ingredients to the mixture and mix in a folding motion. Chop the fruits and powder them with the flour you set aside and add them to the previous mixture. Pour the mixture into a greased pan lined with baking paper. Bake for 45 minutes at 180º C (350º F). Remove from pan and let cool. Decorate with powdered sugar.
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