Fruit cake, a traditional delicacy of Christian cuisines worldwide!, Fruit cake is made with chopped candied fruit (Tutty-frutti), nuts, and spices, soaked in alcohol (typically Rum, as i used in this preparation). Fruit cakes are often served in celebration of weddings and Christmas. There are multiple recipe ideas around for this cake dish and the one I share here is a traditional one which gets us the authentic taste and flavor.
For a sheet size of 10″ x 7″
Ingredients
- All purpose flour (Maida) : 1 ½ cup (+ extra ~1 Tbl-sp for mixing the tutty fruity & some for dusting the pan)
- Sugar : 1 ½ cup
- Butter : 2 sticks (~ 225 g)
- Egg : 4
- Baking powder : ½ T-sp
- Cinnamon powder : ½ T-sp
- Rum : ½ Tbl-sp
- Vanilla essence : 1 Tsp
- Tutti frutti : 1 pkt
- Chopped walnuts : ¼ cup
Method
- In a big bowl add the butter and sugar, beat it with the help of an electric beater till it is soft and blended nicely.
- Then add egg one at a time and beat all together. Beat till it is creamy and frothy.
- Then add the rum along with vanilla essence and mix it with a spatula.
- In another bowl, add the flour along with baking powder and cinnamon powder; mix it together for getting evenly.
- Now add the flour mixer into the egg mixture little at a time and mix it gently.
- In a bowl add the 1 Tbl-sp of flour, nuts and tutti frutti & mix it.
- Add the tutti frutti mix into the flour mixture and bind it well.
- The batter will be pretty thick; which is the required consistency for preparation.
- Now Preheat the oven into 325 Fahrenheit.
- In a baking pan grease it with butter and add some flour to coat (dust) the pan; remove any excess flour.
- Add the batter into the greased pan, filled up to 60 to 70% of the pan depth.
- Once the oven is preheated, bake the cake for about 25-30 minutes.
- Testing the cake for proper baking: Insert a toothpick in the center of the cake. If the toothpick comes clean, the cake is ready, otherwise bake it for some more minutes.
Tips:
- Rum gets the traditional flavor and taste, may avoid if you don’t like to.
- Egg and butter should be in room temperature.
- Do not add any water.
- Try to stick to the exact measurements as mentioned for best taste, but tutti frutti & nuts quantity can be increased for added taste)
