How to Make A Light Fruit Cake

This recipe makes about six pounds of cake. You can use any size pans you wish but make sure you adjust the baking time accordingly. As with any fruit cake, you can vary the fruit as you wish but make sure you do not add significantly more, by weight, than the original recipe or your cake may be too crumbly.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 pound glazed cherries
• 1 pound mixed peel
• 1 pound blanched almonds
• 1 pound bleached sultanas
• 1/2 cup candied pineapple
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose
• flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup butter, soft
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup tepid water
• 1 1/4 teaspoons almond extract

1. Line your pans with tin foil. Fold the corners gently inward so there are no tears or wrinkles.

2. Pick over your raisins to make sure there are no stems.
   Halve your cherries and slice your pineapple thinly.
   Mix together the fruit, mixed peel, almonds, and coconut.
   Heat oven to 275 degrees.

3. Mix together your flour, baking powder, and nutmeg.
   Stir about 1 cup of the flour mixture into the fruit mixture to make sure no fruit is clumped.

4. In a large bowl blend together the butter and sugar. Beat the eggs well and add to the butter mixture. Beat well.

5. Add the remaining flour mixture, alternately with the tepid water, to the butter mixture. Add the almond flavoring. Beat the mixture well.

6. Add the fruit mixture to the flour mixture and blend thoroughly.

7. Pour mixture into prepared pan or pans. Two cakes will take approximately three hours to bake. Baking time will depend on size and shape of pans so check often. Test cakes by pressing with finger. When they feel firm to the touch they are done.

8. Place cakes on rack and cool completely. Wrap tightly in foil to store. Enjoy!

[southerngirl09]

on 11/20/2009 Thanks for sharing your Light Fruit Cake recipe. Adding to favorites. 5*

[jswana]

on 11/19/2009 Who wouldn't like this? And it's light. I'm adding how to make a light fruit cake to my favorites. jswana 5*

[funmom970]

on 11/18/2009 Great for the holidays! Thanks

[kittykat3]

on 11/15/2009 Sounds yummy. 5* on how to make a light fruit cake.

[goldiec]

on 11/10/2009 I love Fruit Cake and this sounds like a wonderful recipe. I'm going to save this to my favorites. Can you pour brandy on the cake before you store it?