Christmas Fruit Cake
Filled with dried fruits and cashew nuts, this cake will be a christmas special.
Ingredients
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1 cup Cashew nut (chopped)
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2 cups Rum brandy or
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1/2 kg Sugar
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1 1/2 cups Water
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5 Clove
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3/4 tsp Cinnamon
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1/2 tsp Nutmeg
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500 kg Flour
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2 tsps Baking powder
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1 tsp Baking soda
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1/2 kg Butter
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1/2 kg sugar Powdered
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10 Egg
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1 tsp Vanilla essence
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3/4 cup Orange juice
Cooking Instructions
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1
Soak the fruits in brandy or rum for at least a month.
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2
Grease and line 2 round pans and preaheat the baking oven to 180°.
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3
Heat and melt the sugar in a pan. When the color of the melted sugar become dark brown, remove from heat and add 1 1/2 warm water. Bring it back to the fire and boil for few miniutes and remove from the fire.
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4
Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder and spices together and keep it a side.
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5
Beat butter and sugar very well and then add eggs one by one beating well. Then add flour and gently fold it.
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6
Finally add cooled caramel, vanilla, orange juice and soaked fruits and combine very well.
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7
Transfer the cake batter in to the prepared pans and bake the cake in preheated oven and bake for approx 1 hour.
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8
Remove from oven and decorate as you may wish including icing.
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