Fruit Cake

Ingredients

120 gms unsalted butter

100 gms sugar

2 eggs

120 all purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

a pinch of salt

150 gms dried fruits

4 tbsp unsweetened orange juice

Method

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To the bowl of dried fruits, add orange juice.

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Soak the dried fruits in the bowl overnight.

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To another bowl, add the sugar.

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Next, add the butter.

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Beat the butter and sugar until thick and fluffy.

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Next, sieve the flour in.

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Then, add the baking powder.

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Next, add the salt.

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Sieve all of the dry ingredients into the sugar and butter.

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Mix them in with an electric beater till you see ripples in your batter.

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Add the beaten eggs.

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And mix them in.

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Finally, add the dried fruits soaked in orange juice.

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Mix them in with a spatula.

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Butter and flour a cake tin.

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Add the batter to the cake tin.

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Drop it a few times on to the table to even out the top.

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Bake in a pre heated oven at 180 degrees for 20 – 25 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

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Let it cool down completely, loosen it from the sides and invert it onto a cake plate.

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Serve fresh.

This cake can be stored in an air tight container at room temperature for 4 -5 days, and up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.

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