French Fruit Cake

Ingredients for French Fruit Cake:


Ingredients
Candied orange peel 3/4 cup
Walnuts coarsely chopped ½ cup
Raisins ½ cup
Golden raisins ½ cup
Flour 2 tbsp
Butter, softened ½ cup
Caster sugar ½ cup
Honey 2 ½ tbsp
Eggs 2
Cream or milk 1 ½ tbsp
Orange juice 2 tbsp
Vanilla essence 1 tsp
Flour 1 ½ cup
Baking powder ½ tsp

Method:

Toss the candied orange peel, walnuts, and raisins with 2 tablespoons flour. 

Set aside. 

In a bowl, beat butter, sugar and honey. 

Beat in the egg, then the cream or milk, orange juice and vanilla. 

Stir together the remaining 1 ½ cups flour and the baking powder; beat into the creamed mixture. 

Stir in the fruits and nuts. 

Turn the batter into a greased and floured 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. 

Bake in a preheated oven at 175 degrees for 10 minutes. 

Lower the heat to 165 degrees C. 

Bake the cake 45 minutes longer, or until it tests done with a toothpick or skewer. Transfer to a rack to cool.

French Fruit Cake by Zarnak Sidhwa