Light Fruit Cake

LIGHT FRUIT CAKE

10 Preparation Time :

Categories : Cakes Holiday

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -- -- --

1/2 lb Glace pineapple

2 lb Sultanas

1 lb Glace cherries (red & green)

1 lb Almonds

5 c Flour

1 t Baking powder

1 lb Butter

2 c Sugar (1 lb)

1/2 ts Nutmeg

10 Eggs

1 Lemon, juice & rind

1 Orange,juice & rind

1 t Rose ext

1 t Almond ext

1. Clean sultanas, slice pineapple thinly, halve cherries. 2. Mix and sift

flour, baking powder and spice and add half to prepared

3. In a large bowl, cream butter and gradually beat in sugar.

Add well beaten eggs and beat well. 5. Fold other half of flour mixture

into creamed mixture alternately with

juices and beat well. 6. Add fruit to to creamed mixture. Combine

mixture til thoroughly

blended. Split almonds and add to mixture, saving some whole for top.

Add flavourings. 7. Pour mixture into cake pans which have been lined

with 3 thicknesses

8. Bake cake at

F. for approximately 3 hours or til firm and until

cake mixture is firm when pressed. 9. Cool on cake rack until

thoroughly cold. Wrap in foil and store in

2 large or 1 large and 2 loaf tins. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -