Fruit Cake
Ingredients
Soak the following ingredients in Whiskey for 2 days.
- 40 g Dried Blueberries
- 40 g Dried Cranberries
- 2 tbsp Candied ginger chopped
- 200 ml Whiskey
Ingredients to be chopped ..
- 50 g Chopped Dates
- 50 g Raisins
- 25 g Apricot
- 25 g Prunes
- 50 g Dried Figs
- 40 g Lightly toasted Almonds
- 50 g Glazed Cherries
Spices required
- 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp Nutmeg powder
- 1 tsp Aniseed powder
- 3/4 tsp Clove powder
- 1 tsp Dry ginger powder
For the Cake Batter
- 150 g All purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 40 g Salted Butter
- 1 count Egg
- 120 g Treacle Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 160 ml Hot water
- Orange extract- 2 drops
Directions
Step 1
Soak all the ingredients mentioned in Step 1 in Whiskey for 2 days at room temperature.
Step 2
Keep all the ingredients mentioned in Step 2 ready.
Step 3
Powder all the spices mentioned in Step 3.
Step 4
Keep all the ingredients mentioned in Step 4 ready. Sift the flour with baking powderand baking soda at least 5 times.
Step 5
In a saucepan, mix chopped dates, figs, raisins , prunes (mentioned in Step 2), butter, treacle sugar and spices together.
Add 160 ml of hot water.
Heat on low flame for 3-4 minutes. Turn off the heat.
Let it thicken and cool well.
Pre heat the oven at 140 degrees C. Grease and dust a 8” aluminium pan. Double line the pan with parchment sheet.
Mix the ground spices into the cooked fruit mixture.
Now add lightly beaten egg.
Take 100 gms of soaked berries. Drain the liquid. Do not discard the liquid. You can add 1-2 tbsp of this liquid to the batter if the batter is too thick .
Coat the soaked berries with sifted flour.
Gently fold in these ingredients into the boiled fruits.
Add orange extract .
Transfer the batter to the prepared tin.
Bring down the oven temperature to 130 degrees C.
Bake for 1 hr 20 minutes or until done. You can place a small bowl of water in the oven while baking. This would keep the cake moist.
Check with a wooden toothpick if the cake is done.