FRUIT CAKE

Ingredients:

1. Maida – 150gm
2. Baking powder – 1 tsp
3. Eggs – 3
4. Sugar – 125gm + 25gm
5. Butter – 150gm
6. Dry fruits (black currant, cashew nut, tutti frutti etc) – altogether 100gm
7. Rum/wine – 100 ml
8. Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp 
9. Nut-meg powder - 1/4 tsp

Method:

1. Soak fry fruits in Rum/wine. (You have to soak it for at least 24 hours or up to 2 weeks)
2. Sieve Maida and baking powder together 2 to 3 times well.
3. Prepare caramel (dark brown color) out of 25gm of sugar.
4. Pre heat oven (150 degree centigrade).
5. Spread butter paper on all sides of a cake tin and grease it with butter.
6. Powder remaining sugar and transfer it to a big bowl.
7. Add butter to it and mix very well with a hand blender.
8. When it becomes fluffy add eggs one by one and beat very well using blender.
9. Add the dark brown caramel, cinnamon and nut-meg powder to it and again mix well.
10. Now to this add Maida little by little and mix with a wooden spoon. (do not use mixer)
11. Mix well in same direction and then add the fry fruits along with the Rum to it.
12. Transfer the cake mixture into the greased cake tin,
13. Bake in oven for about 1 hour 30 minutes in 150 degree centigrade.
14. Take the cake out and pierce a fork in the center of the cake and if it comes out clean then it’s a good sign indicating cake is cooked well.

Note:

• After putting Maida do not use hand blender.
• After the cake batter is ready immediately keep it for baking.
• Always stir the batter in same direction.
• Always preheat the oven for 10mins
• Do not open the oven door many times while baking.
• After baking allow the cake to fully cool down in room temperature.