Brandy Fruit Cake
I don’t normally like fruit cakes, I find them too heavy and often too sweet and just loaded with taste that overkills. This fruit cake, for some reason, is something I like very, very much.
I used that 13 year old Cordon Bleu that was opened and soaked 1/4 cup of it with the mixed fruits for only a short while. Added some simple fruits to it and then just make a basic butter cake spiced with a teaspoon of mixed spice and vanilla essence. The result is simply wonderful and because the cognac is so good, it tastes even better than a whole cup of rum.
Love this. Will make it again, but perhaps with more fruits and add walnuts.
Resipi
Cordon Bleu Fruit Cake
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Bahan-bahan
- 250 gButter
- 180 gSugar, mix 1/2 brown and 1/2 caster
- 3eggs
- 1 tspMixed Spices
- 1 tspVanilla essence
- 400 gMixed Fruits soaked in 1/2 cup Cordon Bleu
- 100 gPlain Flour
- 100 gSelf-raising Flour
- Milk to the right consistency
Cara
- 01Soak the mixed fruits in Cordon Bleu Cognac for at least a day, then drain. Coat with 20g of flour (so that the fruits will not sink to the bottom of the pan).
- 02Cream butter and sugar until very pale.
- 03Add in the eggs one at a time.
- 04Add in the mixed spices, the liquid from soaking the fruits and vanilla essence.
- 05Stir the fruits into the flour and then fold in flour and fruits.
- 06Check that the batter is of dropping consistency, if you don't know what that is, Google! Important if you want a moist cake.
- 07Line the bottom of a 22cm pan with parchment paper and pour in the fruit cake batter.
- 08Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 1 hour.
- 09Brush additional cognac onto the cake. Best eaten the next day.