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Light Fruit Cake Recipe? Please?

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  • 09-11-2010 12:07am
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    jonnybravo
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    Anyone have a recipe for a light fruit cake. Have loads of ingredients left over from the xmas cake and want to use up some of them. Thanks.


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    Dizzyblonde
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    I make these fruit squares regularly:

    8 oz sugar (granulated is fine)
    9 oz margarine
    8 oz dried fruit - I use half sultanas, half currants
    2 eggs, beaten
    9 oz self-raising flour
    1 teaspoon of vanilla essence (optional)
    The grated rind of half a lemon
    Flaked almonds to sprinkle on top

    Pre-heat oven to 180C - fan oven 170C
    Grease and base line a brownie tin or similar sized square tin.

    Put margarine and sugar in a pot over a low heat and stir until the margarine melts.
    Remove from heat and add dried fruit, eggs, lemon rind and vanilla essence and mix well.
    Add flour and mix really well.
    Pour into tin and scatter the flaked almonds over the top.
    Bake for 30-35 minutes until golden brown and cooked in the centre.
    Alllow to cool completely in the tin before turning out onto a board and cutting into squares.


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    Magic Monkey
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    Try a yeast-leavened fruit cake/bread, such as the Italian "Panetonne" - the texture will be lighter due to the yeast, as opposed to the heavy texture of a chemically-leavened one, whose effect isn't very strong in dense fruit cakes.

    Another use for excess dried fruits and mixed peel is to make your own mincemeat. You can use this not only for mince pies - gingerbread frangipane mincemeat pies are very tasty!


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    Dizzyblonde
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    Eccles cakes are another way of using up dried fruit and they're really nice. I use frozen puff pastry.


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    kerash
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    Magic Monkey wrote: »
    gingerbread frangipane mincemeat pies are very tasty!
    What are they?!


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    Magic Monkey
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    Shortcrust pastry pies, some mincemeat filling on the bottom, similar to a bakewell tart, topped with frangipane paste that has some gingerbread spice added to it. Lighter than a traditional mince pie.


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    jonnybravo
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    Cheers for all the replys - meant to try some at the weekend but time got away from me - there's always next weekend.

    Thanks again


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    kerash
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    Magic Monkey wrote: »
    Shortcrust pastry pies, some mincemeat filling on the bottom, similar to a bakewell tart, topped with frangipane paste that has some gingerbread spice added to it. Lighter than a traditional mince pie.
    Oooh I've been dreaming of Frangipane since yesterday (jamie oliver made some tarts) :D Will deffo make these as a twist on the traditional :)


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