Simple Fruit Cake
This fruit cake is light, tender, has a delicious buttery taste, and it's quick and easy to make.
- Reading time
- 2 MIN READ
- Ingredients
- 10 INGREDIENTS
- Step photos
- 19 PHOTOS
- Video
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This fruit cake is light, tender, has a delicious buttery taste, and's quick and easy to make.
INGREDIENTS / 10
- 2 cups - all-purpose flour
- ½ cup - sugar
- ½ cup - unsalted butter
- 1 to 2 cups - raisins/cherries plus more for the top
- 3 - large eggs
- 1 teaspoon - baking powder
- ½ teaspoon - nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon - salt
- ½ cup - milk
- 1 teaspoon - vanilla extract
METHOD / 19
2 MIN READ
- 01
Measure out the flour into a bowl
- 02
Add the baking powder and salt.
- 03
Mix to combine.
- 04
Spoon some tablespoons of flour into the dried fruits and mix it to combine. This is to prevent it from sinking to the bottom of the cake. Set aside.
- 05
Add the butter and sugar into another bowl.
- 06
Mix until creamy.
- 07
Add the eggs one at a time
- 08
Mix well after each addition.
- 09
Add the vanilla essence and mix to combine.
- 10
Add the flour, a little at a time. Mix to combine.
- 11
Alternate between the flour and the milk. This is to ensure you don't over mix.
- 12
Add the rest of the flour and nutmeg and mix to combine.
- 13
Scrape down the sides of the bowl and gently fold in any visible flour.
- 14
Add the dried fruits along with the flour.
- 15
Gently fold in
- 16
Pour batter into a well buttered pan and smoothen the top.
You could line the bottom and sides of the pan with parchment paper.
- 17
Decorate the top with raisins, plums, cherries and nuts if you wish.
Bake in the preheated oven until a skewer inserted comes out clean. About 50 to 55 minutes.
- 18
Take out the cake from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, remove the pan and place on a rack to cool completely.
- 19
Enjoy!
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Dolapo Grey
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
