Recipe of Favorite Light Fruit Cake

Light Fruit Cake.

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we're going to make a special dish, light fruit cake. One of my favorites. This time, I'm gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Light Fruit Cake is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It's enjoyed by millions daily. It's easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Light Fruit Cake is something that I have loved my whole life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Light Fruit Cake:

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

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..

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