Fruit Cake Recipe 22 July 2010

As requested by some of our Rally Arquipelagos friends, please find below the recipe for Jeannette's fruit cake:-

Fruit Cake

S/V Dutch Link

Ingredients:

1 kilo	mixed dried fruit (raisins, sultana’s, currents)
1	rind of lemon
350 gm	plain flour
1/2 teaspoon	Baking Powder
1 teaspoon	Ground Cinnamon
¾ teaspoon	Ground Mixed Spice

275 gm	Butter on room temperature
275 gm	Soft Brown Sugar (if not available white sugar)
5	eggs
100 gm	blanched almonds to decorate (optional)

Method:

Prepare cake tins (butter tins and dust with flour).

Wash and dry fruit add lemon rind

Mix flour, baking flour,cinnamon, mixed spice together

Mix butter and sugar with mixer until light and creamy

Add 1 egg, mix, add 2 tablespoons of the flour mix, add egg and flour repeat until eggs are finished and add carefully the remaining flour. Add ¼ of the fruit, mix add another ¼ etc.

If the mixture is very stiff add 1 or 2 tablespoons milk.

Pour mixture into tins.

Press almonds( if you have) on top and slide into the oven

Temp 180 degrees 1 ½ hr

Test with needle – if needle comes out clean, cake is ready to enjoy.

This mixture makes 2 cakes in tins +/- 23cm by 12 cm or 1 big tin

Eet smakelijk!!!! (enjoy your cake)