Christmas Fruit Cake

Christmas Fruit Cake

Ingredients:

250g Ammerlander unsalted butter

4 large eggs

250g Blue Jacket Cake Flour

180g brown sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 Tbsp cinnamon powder

1/2 tsp salt

500g mixed fruits

170g rum

100g almond, chopped

100g pecans, chopped

3 orange zest

Method:

1. Add mixed fruits with rum in a container. Soak for 1 wk or even longer

2. Whisk butter & sugar in a mixer till light & fluffy. Add eggs one at a time & beat till combined

3. Sift in flour, baking powder, salt & cinnamon powder. Whisk till combined

4. Add in drained mixed fruits, almonds, pecans & orange zest

5. Pour batter into 8” tin lined with baking paper

6. Bake in a preheated oven @ 150C for 90mins

7. Use skewer to poke holes on surface of the cake & brush with reserved soaking rum onto cake. Cling wrap cake & put in fridge