Moist Light Fruit Cake (the Best Ever)!
This light mixed fruit cake recipe is all you ever need for an easy, moist and lightly fruited cake, perfect for Christmas and even weddings!
Servings: 1 6 inches square cake/7 inches round cake
Calories: 5347kcal
Ingredients
- 250 g all purpose flour
- 240 g brown sugar
- 275 g butter at room temperature
- 4 eggs at room temperature
- 85 g raisins
- 85 g sultanas
- 40 g ground almond (almond flour)
- 60 g glace cherries
- 60 g mixed peel (candied orange peel)
- 30 g candied ginger
- 1 ⅓ tablespoon molasses optional
- ½ teaspoon mixed spices
- ⅛ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅓ teaspoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ tablespoon orange juice
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160 °Celsius. Grease and line cake tin with parchment paper and wrap the tin with 2 layers of brown paper or baking strips.
- Chop the fruits if you like them chopped and mix with ground almond. Leave aside.
- In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla extract, lemon juice, and molasses and mix well.
- Gently fold in the sifted dry ingredients alternately with orange juice. Mix until flour is well incorporated in the batter.
- Add the mixed fruits into the batter and mix well.
- Pour batter into a greased and lined cake tin and bake for about 2 hours and 10 minutes on the lowest rack.
- Remove cake from the oven and let it rest in the tin for 10 minutes. Remove cake from tin and let it cool completely.
- Once completely cooled, wrap it neatly in parchment paper, followed by plastic wrap and foil and store in a cool, dry place for 1 week before icing or cutting the cake.
Notes
Calculated Tin Sizes
9 inches round/ 8 inches square (makes 1 layer of approx. 3 inches high cake)- 410 g all purpose flour
- 400 g brown sugar
- 460 g butter (at room temperature)
- 6 eggs (at room temperature)
- 140 g raisins
- 140 g sultanas
- 65 g ground almond
- 100 g glace cherries
- 100 g mixed peel
- 50 g candied ginger
- 2 tablespoon molasses (optional)
- 1 teaspoon mixed spices
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 630 g all purpose flour
- 615 g brown sugar
- 705 g butter (at room temperature)
- 9 eggs (at room temperature)
- 200 g raisins
- 200 g sultanas
- 100 g ground almond
- 150 g glace cherries
- 150 g mixed peel
- 75 g candied ginger
- 3 tablespoon molasses (optional)
- 1 ½ teaspoon mixed spices
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ tablespoon orange juice
- ½ teaspoon salt
Nutrition
Calories: 5347kcal | Carbohydrates: 711g | Protein: 65g | Fat: 263g | Saturated Fat: 149g | Cholesterol: 1246mg | Sodium: 2745mg | Potassium: 2621mg | Fiber: 22g | Sugar: 406g | Vitamin A: 7823IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 653mg | Iron: 23mg