American Fruitcake
1-cup glace cherries
� cup chopped glace apricots
� chopped glace pineapple
� cup chopped glace ginger
1-cup Brazil nuts
1-cup walnuts
2 tablespoons Grand Marnier
� cup plain four (all-purpose flour)
� teaspoon baking powder
60 g/ 2.11 oz butter, melted
1 egg
2 tablespoons soft brown sugar
1 1/4 cup apricot jam
2 teaspoon Grand Marnier, plus extra
rush a 20 cm/ 7.8" ring tin with oil or melted butter; line base and
sides with baking paper. Put glac� fruits and nuts in a large mixing
bowl. Sprinkle Grand Marnier over fruit and nuts, combine. Leave to
stand for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
2- Add sifted flour and baking powder to mixing bowl. Mix butter,
egg and sugar together, add to fruit and nut mixture and stir until
combined.
Spoon into prepared tin and smooth surface with a wetted hand. Bake
in a preheated, moderately slow 160 C/320F oven for 1 � hours or
until cake is firm to the touch. Leave cake in tin for 30 minutes
before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
Warm jam in small pan or in a microwave until liquid. Strain through
a small sieve; stir in Grand Marnier. Brush over top and sides of
cake while jam mixture is still warm.
YIELD: 1 20 cm/7.8" ring cake.
Cake will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a
period of up to three months.
This cake, wrapped and tied with ribbon, makes an attractive
homemade Christmas gift for family or friends. |