Easy Summer Fruit Cake Food

SUMMER FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F / 175°C. Grease baking tray and dust with flour or cover with baking paper. Prepare and wash the fruit, remove seeds, cut into pieces or slices, depending on the variety.
• Beat the softened butter with the sugar until fluffy. Stir the eggs one by one into the butter mixture. Mix flour with almonds and baking powder. Add to the dough alternating with the milk. Stir vigorously, but not too long. The dough should fall off the spoon with a hard tear, add some more milk if necessary.
• Spread the dough on the baking sheet and smooth it down. Spread the prepared fruit. Bake the cake for about 30 minutes until golden brown.

THE BEST FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Combine the raisins, currants, apricots, figs, prunes, dates, walnuts, pecans, orange zest, lemon zest, candied ginger, pumpkin pie spice and cloves in a large bowl and toss to combine. Add 1 cup of the brandy, orange liqueur and molasses and stir to coat. Cover and set aside to macerate overnight. (Alternatively, cover the bowl and microwave 2 minutes, or until very hot. Leave covered and let sit until almost all the liquid has been absorbed into the fruit and nuts, about 2 hours.)
• Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F. Spray two 9-by-5-inch loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray and line each with 2 pieces of parchment, one lengthwise and one crosswise, leaving a 2-inch overhang on each side. Spray the parchment with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle 1/2 cup flour over the soaked fruit mixture and toss to coat. Whisk together the remaining 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
• Cream the butter and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on medium-high until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add the eggs, one at a time, making sure each is fully incorporated before adding the next and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to medium-low and beat in the flour mixture until the batter is blended and smooth. Pour the batter over the fruit mixture and fold with a rubber spatula until all the fruit is coated in batter.
• Divide the mixture evenly between the two prepared pans, filling each about 3/4 full. Bake until the cakes begin to pull away from the sides of the pans, the tops spring back slightly when pressed and a cake tester comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours. Transfer to a wire rack and brush with the remaining 2 tablespoons brandy. Let the cakes cool in the pans for about 15 minutes. Carefully remove each cake from its pan using the parchment overhang and place on the rack to cool completely.
• To store, wrap each loaf tightly in plastic and then foil. The wrapped fruitcakes can be stored in a cool, dry place for up to 3 months.

EASY SUMMER FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Line a baking pan with baking paper.
• Mix the eggs with the oil, add the sugar and the orange juice, followed by the fruit and the dry ingredients.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 45-50 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
• Keep refrigerated and use within two days- if it lasts that long.

EASY FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/ gas 3. Grease and line the base of two 20cm springform cake tins with baking parchment.
• Stir together the oil and sugar, add the eggs, flour, baking powder, spices and juices, and mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon until pourable and reasonably runny. Gently fold in the fruit, then divide the batter evenly between the tins. Bake for 20-25 mins or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean, then leave to cool.
• When cool, remove from the tins and sandwich the cakes together with jam. Sieve some icing sugar on top to serve.

SUMMER FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• To make cake: Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
• Grease and flour 9x13-inch pan.
• Combine flour-salt in bowl.
• Beat eggs-vanilla in large bowl.
• Add flour mixture to egg mixture.
• Stir in remaining ingredients (fruit-raisins).
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes or toothpick comes out clean.
• While cake is baking make glaze: Combine all glaze ingredients (sugar-baking soda) in large saucepan over medium heat.
• Bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in vanilla.
• When cake is done, remove from oven and poke entire surface of cake with a toothpick.
• Pour glaze over hot cake slowly.

SUMMER FRUIT DRIZZLE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease a 900g/2lb loaf tin and line the base and ends with a long strip of baking parchment. Put the butter, caster sugar, flour, eggs and vanilla extract into a large bowl and beat with an electric hand mixer for 5 mins until pale and creamy - the mixture will be very thick.
• Spread one-third of the cake mix into the tin, then scatter over 50g of the fruit. Carefully dot and spread another third of the cake mix on top, and scatter with another 50g fruit. Finally dot the rest of the cake mix over and gently spread with the back of a spoon. Bake for 1 hr, until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
• Poke the cake all over with a skewer. Put remaining 75g fruit into a bowl with the granulated sugar. Stir in 1 tbsp of the citrus juice first with a fork, mashing a little of the fruit as you go. If it's a bit dry, add a splash more juice and spoon over the cake. Leave in the tin until the cake is cool and the topping is set and crisp.