Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, light fruit cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Light Fruit Cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Light Fruit Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook light fruit cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Light Fruit Cake:

1. Make ready candied mixed peel
2. Make ready candied red or green cherries (cut into quarters)
3. Take dark raisins
4. Prepare Grand Marnier, rum, brandy, or sherry (optional)
5. Get unsalted butter, room temperature
6. Prepare granulated white sugar
7. Make ready large eggs, room temperature
8. Take pure vanilla extract
9. Prepare pure almond extract
10. Prepare all-purpose flour
11. Take ground almonds (almond meal/flour)
12. Prepare baking powder
13. Take salt
14. Take Zest of one small lemon (outer skin)
15. Take milk (whole or reduced fat)
16. Make ready Some flaked almonds for decoration

Gradually stir in fruit mixture until well mixed. The cake is flavoured with pineapple juice and coconut and the fruit used contains no candied peel, giving it a lighter, cleaner taste and texture than other fruit cakes. Light Fruit Cake- rich, luscious Madeira cake that's light, fluffy and moist with a wonderful buttery taste studded with dried mixed fruits. It has a delicious and festive blend of flavors that's perfect for this time of the year!

Instructions to make Light Fruit Cake:

1. In a large bowl, combine candied mixed peel, cherries, and dark raisins. Mix well. Stir in the brandy to coat the fruit. Cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let stand at room temperature at least 1 day(up to 2 days) to macerate the fruit, stirring occasionally.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C), with the oven rack in the center of the oven. Butter, or spray with a nonstick vegetable spray, a 9 x 5 x 3 inch (23 x 13 x 8 cm) loaf pan.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk dried ingredients together the flour, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest.
4. In a large bowl of stand mixer and using the paddle attachment, beat the butter until creamy. Gradually add the sugar and beat until mixture is light and creamy. Beat in the egg one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping the sides of the bowl with a spatula to ensure ingredients are all incorporated. Beat 1 additional minute.
5. Beat in the extracts. Add the candied and dried fruits, along with any juices, and beat until incorporated. Beat in half the flour mixture just until incorporated. Add almond flour, then beat in the milk and then the remaining flour mixture. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and, if desired, decorate the top of the cake with flaked almonds.
6. Bake for about 60 - 70 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cover with a piece of aluminum foil if you find the cake is browning too much! Remove the cake from the oven. - Let it cool down in the baking tin. Cut into slices and serve.

Every baker always has a must-bake. METHOD Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla essence. Sift flour and baking powder together and mix into the. Boil a kettle and soak the fruit while you prepare the other ingredients.

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