Light Fruit Cake
Created by ellie on December 19, 2014
- Servings: 10
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 60m
- Recipe #16402
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 5 large eggs (beaten)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups mixed candied fruit (chopped)
- 1/2 cup walnuts (chopped)
How to Make
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Step 1: In a large bowl cream the butter with the sugar until light. Add eggs, beating until light and thick.
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Step 2: In a separate bowl sift together the dry ingredients (flour - salt).
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Step 3: Put nuts and fruit in a small bowl and then sift about 2 tablespoons of the flour mixture over the dried fruit and nuts; toss and set aside.
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Step 4: Sift the remaining flour mixture over the butter/sugar mixture and blend until the batter is smooth.
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Step 5: Fold fruit/nuts into the batter.
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Step 6: Turn the batter into 2 well buttered and floured loaf pans (3 x 8 inch) or into 1 tube pan.
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Step 7: Bake in a 350 degree F. oven for 1 hour or until cake tests done and begins to shrink form the sides of the pan.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (138.5 g)
- Calories 419.6
- Total Fat - 25.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 12.9 g
- Cholesterol - 153 mg
- Sodium - 404.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 42.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.1 g
- Sugars - 22.1 g
- Protein - 7.2 g
- Calcium - 99.7 mg
- Iron - 1.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg