great grandma's light fruit cake (not christmas)
great grandma's light fruit cake (not christmas)

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The holiday season presents a prickly moral dilemma for my mother. Her signature dessert is a meticulously faithful execution of Great-Aunt Margaret's Christmas fruitcake recipe, which must be soaked in peach brandy. But Mama's a Southern Baptist, so drinkin's a sin.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have great grandma's light fruit cake (not christmas) using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make great grandma's light fruit cake (not christmas):
  1. Take 6 oz golden granulated sugar
  2. Take 6 oz margarine
  3. Make ready 1/2 tsp mixed spice
  4. Take 1 pinch salt
  5. Prepare 8 oz self raising flour
  6. Prepare 3 eggs
  7. Prepare 1 a splash of milk
  8. Take 6 handfulls of currants and sultanas (3 each)

Place the fruit and nuts in a bowl and pour over the brandy. Cover and allow to soak overnight. Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light and creamy. Gradually add the eggs and beat well.

Steps to make great grandma's light fruit cake (not christmas):
  1. cream the golden granulated sugar and margarine into a large bowl with a wooden spoon until it's fully mixed
  2. add the mixed spice and salt (salt not compulsory) and a bit of the flour and mix in well.
  3. break in three eggs
  4. mix well with the wooden spoon
  5. add the rest of the flour and mix in well
  6. add milk until required until a nice dropping consistency
  7. mix in currants and raisins to taste (approximately 3 handfulls of each)
  8. bake in a well greased cake tin (7-8 inches) in a preheated oven at 190°F C for about an hour

Place the butter and fruit mixtures. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each addition. Sift flour and bicarbonate of soda over the fruit mixture and mix well, ensuring all the fruit is coated in flour. Add the butter mixture and stir to combine well. I love a great fruit cake recipe!

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