Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, light fruit cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Light Fruit Cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Light Fruit Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook light fruit cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Light Fruit Cake:

1. Prepare candied mixed peel
2. Prepare candied red or green cherries (cut into quarters)
3. Get dark raisins
4. Get Grand Marnier, rum, brandy, or sherry (optional)
5. Take unsalted butter, room temperature
6. Get granulated white sugar
7. Get large eggs, room temperature
8. Take pure vanilla extract
9. Make ready pure almond extract
10. Get all-purpose flour
11. Get ground almonds (almond meal/flour)
12. Make ready baking powder
13. Take salt
14. Get Zest of one small lemon (outer skin)
15. Get milk (whole or reduced fat)
16. Take Some flaked almonds for decoration

Instructions to make Light Fruit Cake:

1. In a large bowl, combine candied mixed peel, cherries, and dark raisins. Mix well. Stir in the brandy to coat the fruit. Cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let stand at room temperature at least 1 day(up to 2 days) to macerate the fruit, stirring occasionally.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C), with the oven rack in the center of the oven. Butter, or spray with a nonstick vegetable spray, a 9 x 5 x 3 inch (23 x 13 x 8 cm) loaf pan.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk dried ingredients together the flour, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest.
4. In a large bowl of stand mixer and using the paddle attachment, beat the butter until creamy. Gradually add the sugar and beat until mixture is light and creamy. Beat in the egg one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping the sides of the bowl with a spatula to ensure ingredients are all incorporated. Beat 1 additional minute.
5. Beat in the extracts. Add the candied and dried fruits, along with any juices, and beat until incorporated. Beat in half the flour mixture just until incorporated. Add almond flour, then beat in the milk and then the remaining flour mixture. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and, if desired, decorate the top of the cake with flaked almonds.
6. Bake for about 60 - 70 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cover with a piece of aluminum foil if you find the cake is browning too much! Remove the cake from the oven. Let it cool down in the baking tin. Cut into slices and serve.
7. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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