Rich fruitcake

Name: Rich fruitcake
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 15 people
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour; 1/4 cup margarine; 1 cup brown sugar; 1/3 cup lemon orange juice for fresh fruit; 1 teaspoons orange and lemon zests; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 1/2 teaspoons each cinnamon, mixspices, ginger, nutmeg,; Cloves and salt; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoons vanilla essence; 1 cup bakers mix(raisings and sultanas); 1 cup mix peels and cherries; Handful roasted peanuts

Maggie Karis @maggiekaris

Juja

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Maggie Karis @maggiekaris

Juja

#festivedishescontest. #onerecipeonetree

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Ingredients

1 hr

15 people

2 1/2 cupsall purpose flour
1/4 cupmargarine
1 cupbrown sugar
1/3 cuplemon orange juice for fresh fruit
1 teaspoonsorange and lemon zests
1 teaspoonsbaking soda
1/2 teaspoonseach cinnamon, mixspices, ginger, nutmeg,
Clovesand salt
2eggs
1 teaspoonsvanilla essence
1 cupbakers mix(raisings and sultanas)
1 cupmix peels and cherries
Handfulroasted peanuts

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Steps

1 hr

1

Measure all the ingredients, grease and dust the baking tin.sieve flour and baking soda and set aside
2

In a sauce pan add bakers mix, spices, sugar,margarine, salt and one cup water put to a boil for 5mins and set aside for it to cool down till cool. Preheat oven now at 180 degrees
3

Add the lemon and orange zests plus the juice and incorporate
4

Add the whisked eggs and stir
5

Now add the flour and fold in
6

Add the mixed peels and diced cherries fold in and put in the baking tin
7

Garnish with roasted peanuts and bake at 180 degrees for 1 hour or till knife come out clean.leave it over night to be enjoyed from the next day.
8

You can decorate also or have it naked. I used whip cream.