Rich fruit Cake

Rich fruit Cake Recipe

By Richa Published: April 11, 2012

• Prep: 20 mins
• Cook: 60 mins
• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins

It was my husbands birthday and he does not like creamy cake's that much, so when I came across this cake recipe, I knew it …

Ingredients

• 1 cup pitted dates
• 1 cup orange juice
• 3/4 cup dried prunes
• 4 tablespoon molasses
• 1 teaspoon lemon rind finely grated
• 1 teaspoon orange rind finely grated
• 11/2 cups whole wheat self rising flour
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin spice
• 3/4 cup raisins
• 3/4 cup golden raisins
• 3/4 cup currants (munakka)
• 3/4 cup dried cranbery
• 3 large eggs separated
• 1 tablespoon apricot jelly warmed
• 1 cup confectioner's sugar
• 1-2 teaspoon water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Grease a 8 inch/ 20 cm round cake pan. Chop dates and dried plums and place in a pan. Pour over orange juice and let it simmer for 10 minutes. remove from heat and beat the fruit mixture until pureed.. add molasses and citrus rind and let it cool.
   
2. Sift flour and spice together in a bowl. add the dried fruits.
   
3. When the date and plum mixture is cool, whisk the egg yolks.
   
4. Whisk the egg whites in separate bowl until stiff. Spoon the fruit mixture into the dry mixture and mix it together.
   
5. Getly fold in egg whites. transfer into the greased cake pan and bake it in a preheated oven at 325 F for 1 hr 15 minutes. let it cool in the pan.
   
6. bake it in a preheated oven at 325 F for 60 minutes. let it cool in the pan remove the cake from the pan
   
7. brush the top with warm apricot jelly.to make the frosting, sift sugar into a bowl and mix it with enough water and vanilla extract to for a soft frosting.
   
8. Lay frosting on top of the cake and trim the edges. decorate the cake with orange and lemon rind.
   

• Cuisine: American
• Course: Dessert
• Skill Level: Easy