Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, light fruit cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Light fruit cake; Light fruit cake. Boil a kettle and soak the fruit. Add the egg to the cooled fruit mixture and stir in well. Add the flour and mix well.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook light fruit cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Light Fruit Cake:

1. Make ready 3/4 cup (120 grams) candied mixed peel
2. Prepare 1/2 cup (100 grams) candied red or green cherries (cut into quarters)
3. Prepare 1/3 cup (40 grams) dark raisins
4. Prepare 2-3 tablespoons Grand Marnier, rum, brandy, or sherry (optional)
5. Take 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
6. Take 1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar
7. Get 3 large eggs, room temperature
8. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
9. Get 1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
10. Get 1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all-purpose flour
11. Get 1/2 cup (50 grams) ground almonds (almond meal/flour)
12. Make ready 1 teaspoon baking powder
13. Take 1/4 teaspoons salt
14. Get Zest of one small lemon (outer skin)
15. Get 1/4 cup (60 ml) milk (whole or reduced fat)
16. Make ready Some flaked almonds for decoration

Scrape the mixture down and mix again. Put the tin into the oven and bake for one and a half to two hours. Test the cake for doneness as shown below. If the skewer comes out wet and sticky, return the cake to the oven to cook further.

Steps to make Light Fruit Cake:

1. In a large bowl, combine candied mixed peel, cherries, and dark raisins. Mix well. Stir in the brandy to coat the fruit. Cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let stand at room temperature at least 1 day(up to 2 days) to macerate the fruit, stirring occasionally.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C), with the oven rack in the center of the oven. Butter, or spray with a nonstick vegetable spray, a 9 x 5 x 3 inch (23 x 13 x 8 cm) loaf pan.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk dried ingredients together the flour, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest.
4. In a large bowl of stand mixer and using the paddle attachment, beat the butter until creamy. Gradually add the sugar and beat until mixture is light and creamy. Beat in the egg one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping the sides of the bowl with a spatula to ensure ingredients are all incorporated. Beat 1 additional minute.
5. Beat in the extracts. Add the candied and dried fruits, along with any juices, and beat until incorporated. Beat in half the flour mixture just until incorporated. Add almond flour, then beat in the milk and then the remaining flour mixture. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and, if desired, decorate the top of the cake with flaked almonds.
6. Bake for about 60 - 70 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cover with a piece of aluminum foil if you find the cake is browning too much! Remove the cake from the oven. - Let it cool down in the baking tin. Cut into slices and serve.

Test the cake for doneness as shown below. If the skewer comes out wet and sticky, return the cake to the oven to cook further. Fruit cakes are heavy, dense cakes that have a relatively low flour content and contain lots of mixed dried fruit. Mary Berry has created the perfect fruit cake recipe for Christmas. In a bowl sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, mixed spice and salt.

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