24
FRUIT CAKE
For the mixture:
– 200 g butter
– 200 g sugar
– a few drops of vanilla essence
– 1 pinch salt
– 3 eggs
– 300 g self raising flour
– 125 g currants
– 125 g raisins
– 60 g chopped almonds
– 60 g candied lemon peel or candied orange peel
– 60 g chopped candied cherries
– 70 g blanched almonds
Black springform baking tin, 24cm diameter
Margarine for greasing
Breadcrumbs for coating baking tin
Place butter, sugar, vanilla essence and salt in a mixing bowl and beat
together. Then add the eggs one at a time and beat the mixture again.
Add the flour mixed with the baking powder to the foaming mixture
and fold in.
Fold in the fruit to the mixture as well.
Place the mixture in the prepared tin and pull the mixture up a little
higher at the edge than in the centre. Decorate the edge and the centre
of the cake with the balnched almonds. Put the cake in the oven.
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