Coffee Fruit Cake

Its been a month since I have updated anything on the blog......Exams and holidays kept me away from this space!! Yep..you heard me right when I said "exams"; not that I am studying anything new but repeating Std 1 again with my son *winks*......phew!!! It was me who really enjoyed the one week break and I don't remember relaxing so much after finishing my own school exams back then!!

Stories apart.... To start off, here is a simple cake loaded with lots of dried fruits. I would say this cake to be another version of the Christmas Plum Cake, except the entire process is a bit less complicated compared to the plum cakes.

This month being a happening month with festivals and causes, I am planning for some specials throughout this month.."smiles"

Ingredients:

Recipe Source: Coffee by Parragon Books

Mixed dried fruit - 300 gm
Brown sugar - 150 gm
Butter - 150 gm, plus extra for greasing
Strong black coffee - 200 ml
Self-raising flour - 280 gm
Mixed spice - 2 tsp
Egg, beaten - 1 large

Method:

Put the dried fruit, brown sugar, butter and coffee in a saucepan and heat gently, stirring occasionally, until the butter has melted and the sugar has dissolved completely. Remove from the heat and cool for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 180 C. Grease a loaf tin and line the base and the sides with baking paper.
Sift together the flour and mixed spice into a large bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour in the fruit and coffee mixture and the beaten egg. Stir until thoroughly mixed.
Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared tin and level the surface. Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour 15 minutes, covering loosely with foil after 50 minutes, or until the cake is firm to the touch and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Serve sliced.

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