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Friday, December 11, 2009

Easy Fruitcake 简易杂果蛋糕

圣诞节将至这个杂果蛋糕很应景。

这个蛋糕是我参考了Alex Goh's Fruity Cakes 里Pecan Raisin Cake的做法制作的。材料和份量方面我根据自己和家人朋友的口味做了修改。第一次做是去年的11月,最后一次做应该是去年的圣诞节期间,这么快一年又过去了。


这蛋糕的味道没有传统的杂果蛋糕香醇,组织也不没传统的般细致。但是,它的味道就是适合我和家人的口味。去年的圣诞节做了这款蛋糕送到亲戚朋友和同事,大家都很喜欢。连一向不喜欢吃蛋糕的D也喜欢,至今这是唯一一款他会要求我做的蛋糕。

我喜欢这个蛋糕的另一原因是这个蛋糕真的很容易做,比做muffin还容易。好吃的蛋糕如果步骤复杂,清洗功夫很多的话,我也会懒得做。哈哈。

趁这个圣诞佳节你不妨尝试做来和家人分享。如果你是初学者这个肯定适合你,成功率应该是百分百。


Ingredients:
(A) - soak overnight or longer time
120 - 150g mixed fruit
4 - 6 tbsp rum/brandy/orange juice
(B)
90g butter
130 - 150g brown sugar
150ml water minus amount of rum/brandy/orange juice used in (A)
(C)
2 eggs (lightly beaten)
(D) - mix well
170g plain flour
50g bread flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ - ½ tsp ground cinnamon powder
(E)
100g chopped walnut (pre-roasted)

Method:
1) Cook (B) at low heat till butter and sugar dissolved, set aside to cool down completely.
2) Add (A), mix well.
3) Add (C), mix till well blended.
4) Sieve in (D), mix till just incorporated.
5) Fold in (E), mix well.
6) Pour batter into greased and lined mould. Bake in preheat oven at 180C for about 40-45 mins till cooked (a skewer inserted and comes out clean).
7) Remove from mould and cool on wire rack.

Note:
1) I suggest cooking butter and sugar the night before while you soak the mixed fruits, so that you can continue with the next step first thing in the morning.
2) The amount of cakes in the picture (1 big loaf + 2 small loafs + 1 cup) is 1.5 times of the recipe amount.
3) The cake is best served after 2 - 3 days. To store, wrap it with aluminum foil and keep in airtight container.
4) For mixed fruits and sugar I don't usually stick to one amount, it depends on the receiver's preference. I have friend who asked me to omit walnut also. Sometimes, the brand of the mixed fruits used also plays a part. Certain brand is sweeter, so I will reduce the sugar (I tried Silver Bird and Phoon Huat mixed fruits before and found that Phoon Huat one is sweeter).

21 comments:

  1. Wah! very light and low fat fruit cake. I like all ur recipes.. good for my diet.. he he.. =)

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  2. Very nice fruit cake. I saw you baked more than one loaf, mind do share :DD

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  3. Fruitcakes!! Yea, I know Christmas is creeping in ... BUT, I'm still not tempted to make European/American-style fruitcake because I'm no big fan of it. Yours looks lighter than those really sweet cakes though! I don't mind having one or two slices ... hahaha!

    Pei-Lin

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  4. tracieMoo,

    Having this is less guilty than having the real rich and sweet fruitcake. That's why I always eat a lot (my excuse).

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  5. Anncoo,

    I baked 1.5 times of the recipe amount. I passed the bigger loaf to my friend. My pleasure to share with you. :-)

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  6. Dodol & Mochi,

    Same as you, my family and I are not big fans of those traditional fruitcakes too. This is something simple and probably more suitable to Asian's taste.

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  7. fruit cake is my all-time favourite. thanks for sharing!!

    ~Merry Christmas~

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  8. My Taste Heaven,

    You are welcome!

    Merry Christmas to you too.

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  9. The fruit cake I saw from bakery shop for xmas season really cost a bomb; it is like RM20 plus per loaf.

    Your fruit cake definitely taste great. I love to try it, hehe.

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  10. hi
    juz want to thank you for sharing such a good recipe! i tried it on thurs and this morning, just tasted the fruit of my labour. it is indeed delicious. and for a person who doesnt really fancy fruit cake (ie myself), i actually went for a second helping. my kids like it too. and best of all, it is so easy and hassle free to make, with v little washing to do. i made a mistake though, i didn't realise that the water is to be added to the butter and sugar. i only added it towards the end after i have mixed everything but luckily, it turns out okay!
    regards
    Octopusmum

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  11. Hi Octopusmum,

    You are welcome! I am glab you like it.

    Same as u I also don't fancy fruitcake until I tried this my own simple version. :)

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  12. Hi ^^

    Nice cake you have there. Hope you can clear my doubt on this,
    2 eggs (lightly beaten) lightly beaten means just beat it like you are making scramble egg or beat till the egg white is incorporated with the yolk & is no longer visible? Thanks in advance.

    Mel

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  13. Hi Mel,

    Beat till the egg white is incorporated with the yolk. Anyway, after adding into the mixture you still need to mix again, so it doesn't really matter. Lightly beanten the eggs separately is just to help the easy mixing later on.

    This recipe is very forgiving, so not to worry about the minor detail. Important thing to note is not to overmix the flour and the liquid.

    Hope you try it out soon. Happy baking!

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  14. Hi, I'm going to try your recipe, however we dun like nuts. Can I replace the 100g of walnut with mixed fruits soaked in brandy? Do you think the brandy will be overwhelming? Thanks in advance

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  16. Hi Anoymous,

    Could you please leave your name next time when commenting?

    Yes, you can replace with mixed fruits. Because my family doesn't like too much of mixed fruit (will be too sweet for us) that's why I cut down the amount to 120g-150g only. You can use up to 400g of mixed fruit if you like. Soaking in Brandy is good. It won't be overwhelming.

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  17. Hi, Serene here, thanks for your reply! Water amount adjust according to how much brandy being used to soak for the fruits? Should I drain the fruits of the brandy or simply pour everything in? Thanks again :)

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  18. Hi Serene,

    Drain the fruits then add brandy (4-6 tbsp) and minus this amount from the 150ml water. U can also "feed" the cake with brandy after it is cooked, just pour some brandy over the cake then wrap the cake with alum. foil.

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  19. Hi Angel,
    Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you, just saw your easy & delicious fruit cake & would like to try making it for this CNY festival, you mean to say that I can used back the brandy used to soak the fruits & add up to 150ml, is it, also for the aluminium foil pan, do I need to grease it or just pour into it & bake, also can this aluminium foil pan use to steam the chocolate cake. Thank you.

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  20. Hi Delphine,

    Yes.

    For aluminium foil pan I usually grease it. It can also be used for steaming.

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  21. Hi Angel,
    Thank you so much for your kind reply.

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