Fruit cake

Fruit cake

Ingredients

2  cups powdered sugar
1  cup butter, at room temperature
2  cups all purpose flour (maida)
5  eggs, at room temperature
1  tsp  baking powder
1/2  cup  raisins
Juice of 1 orange
1/4  cup candied tangerine peel, sliced julienne
Pinch of vanilla
1/2  cup mixed dry fruits

Method:

• Soak the raisins in orange juice for 1 hour, then drain.Mix the tangerine peel with the dry fruits and raisins. Stir in 1 tablespoon of flour to coat the dried fruits.
• Beat the butter, vanilla and sugar for 5-6 minutes until light and creamy.
• Add the eggs one at a time. Stop the rotor of the mixer and fold in the baking powder, flour and dried fruits.
• Grease and flour a loaf pan or line with parchment paper. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and make a long slit in the middle of the batter.
• Bake in a preheated oven of 350 F (180 C) for 45-50 minutes until the top is pinkish in color. Test to see if the cake is baked and insert a toothpick. If it comes out clean then the cake is baked.

NB    1 tbsp flour is mixed with the fruits to avoid the fruits sinking to the bottom of the cake while baking.