White Fruit Cake

Name: White Fruit Cake
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: Handful dried mixed fruits; Red cherries diced; Dates diced; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 2 cups flour; 150 grams butter or margarine; 3 eggs; 1 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon vanilla flavour

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White Fruit Cake

Foodiescene/ Pat's Kitchen @cook_11730583

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Ingredients

Handfuldried mixed fruits
Red cherries diced
Dates diced
1 teaspoonbaking powder
2 cupsflour
150 gramsbutter or margarine
3eggs
1 cupsugar
1 tablespoonvanilla flavour

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Steps

1

Soak the mix fruits with juice two day before using or parboil immediately before using.
2

If you're parboiling the mixed fruits, add the diced dates and steam for 20minutes.
3

Drop from heat, sieve and set aside
4

Add the baking powder to the 2cups flour and set aside.
5

Cream sugar and magarine or butter until fluffy
6

Break the eggs inside a bowl, whisk the eggs for about 3 minutes.
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Add the egg mixture to the beaten sugar mixture. Mix thoroughly
8

Add the flour and mix to get a thick batter.
9

Add the fruits and mix to combine
10

Add the 1 tablespoon vanilla flavour
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Bake in a preheated oven for 1hr 10minutes, depending on your oven type.
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Your fruit cake batter is suppose to be very thick.