Saturday, December 26, 2009

Nutty Fruit Cake

Here's another recipe to add that extra pounds to your weight and waist but I only eat this once a year... Nutty Fruit Cake. As I was sharing this cake with my friends over lunch, we reminisced the times where we received fruit cakes as wedding favours years ago. Now we get chocolates, little knick knacks and cutesy stuff. But I have always loved fruit cakes at weddings, but just a tad too sweet. In my version here it is healthier with nuts and less sugar. Hope you enjoy this.


The Outside



The inside

A 200g butter, 140g brown sugar
Cream till light

B 3 eggs
Add B and cream till smooth

C 180g plain flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder
Sieve in C and mix till well blended

D 100g almonds, 100g chopped walnuts
Add in D and mix well

E 300g mixed fruits, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 4 tbsp orange juice in replacement of brandy
Throw in E and mix well

Pour it onto a greased pan and bake at 170deg C for 1 hr.
Sprinkle with some icing sugar when cooled.


Adapted from: Alex Goh Fruity Cakes

6 comments:

Cuisine Paradise said...

Wow..this sure look great!!! I love fruitcake... Thanks for sharing your version :)

Missy said...

HI Cuisine Paradise.. been a long time since I 'see' you in cyber blog!!

Glad u like this recipe! try it.. its easy :)

Anonymous said...

Hi Missy,

Can I know what size pan do u used for this recipe. Thanks n Happy New Year to u.

Eva

Missy said...

Eva, my pan is about 18.5cm diameter

Happy new yr to u!

Angel @ Cook.Bake.Love said...

Ur fruitcake looks yummy! I like it with lots of nuts.

Btw, I like to soak the mixed fruits in orange juice or brandy/rum beforehand. Maybe next time u can try.

Missy said...

Cook Bake Love: tks. Yeah i read abt that too! thats one method, but sometimes im too busy or lazy :P