Christmas Fruit Cake

I know this a bit too late to post, so sorry not to be able to update the blog, and I was actually baking this fruit cake at the last minute of Christmas day.  Just hope that I never too late to submit to Aspiring Bakers #14 : Creative Christmas Bakes (December 2011) hosted by Hankerie :)

Ingredients:

250 gr Mixed Fruits

50 gr Apricot

50 gr Cranberries

3 Tbsp Rum

250 gr Butter

130 gr Sugar

1 tsp Orange zest

4 Eggs

210 gr Plain Flour

½ tsp Baking Powder

40 gr Orange juice

40 gr Ground Almonds

Method:

- Soak mixed fruits, apricot and cranberries with rum over the night.

- Cream butter and sugar until pale & fluffy, add in orange zest.

- Add eggs one at a time till thoroughly mixed before adding in the next egg.

- Mix 2 Tbsp of flour to soaked fruits.

- Fold in shifted Plain Flour+Baking Powder, orange juice and ground almonds alternately to the butter batter, lastly add in soaked fruits, mix well.

- Pour into 8 inch square cake tin.

- Bake at 160C for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hour or until cook.

- Let the cake cool in tin for 20 mins, then remove and leave it to cool completely.

PS : Dizzle some drop of rum onto cake once a while (every 2-3 days) to keep cake moist in the fridge.

Here, I would like to wish everyone HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!