Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, light fruit cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

For this Light Fruit Cake I like to use a combination of candied mixed peel and candied cherries (can use either red or green). Candied fruit is actually preserved fruit that has been dipped several times. 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.

Light Fruit Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Light Fruit Cake is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

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

The ingredients needed to make Light Fruit Cake:

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

This makes the top tier of a three tier wedding cake, or make it alone for christenings, Christmas, or whenever you need a good, lighter, fruit cake. Cool on cake rack until thoroughly cold. Wrap in foil and store in cake tins. Christmas Muffins or Light Fruit Cake (圣诞马芬） - Guai Shu Shu.

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.

Wrap in foil and store in cake tins. Christmas Muffins or Light Fruit Cake (圣诞马芬） - Guai Shu Shu. This Light Fruit Cake Recipe is taken from Eric's Lanlard's Baking Mad masterclasses held at his cookery school Cake-Boy and can also be found in his delicious cook book 'Home Bake'. When summer fruit is at its sweetest, it doesn't take a lot of work to transform it into one of these delicious, healthy desserts. "This cake is amazing, and it's so easy to make! This fruit cake is light, fruity and delicious.

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