Fruit Cake

Fruit Cake

Ingredients
fruits: 1/4 29
grapes: 1/2 29
butter: 1/3 29
egg, chicken: 3
sugar: 3/4 29
baking powder: 2 31
flour, wheat: 1,5 29
rum: 1

Dish Type: Dessert

Country: France
Cooking Time (minutes): average (30 minutes - 2 hours)
Steps
1. Soak raisins and dried fruit in rum or tea for about 1 hour.
2. In a big bowl cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
3. Sift together flour and baking powder, and add to creamed mixture.
4. Sprinkle raisins and dried fruits with a little flour, then fold into the batter.
5. Line a loaf pan with foil, and butter and flour it. Pour mixture into the pan. Bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 8 minutes.
6. Then make zigzag cuts on the cake to produce a lattice design. Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) and bake about 40 minutes more.


Source
International Rice Institute (IRRI) & International Women's Organization (SUHAY), VIRMANI, Inderjeet (ED)(1991), Home Chefs of the World - Rice and Rice-based Recipes, ISBN 971-22-0023-X, Manila, Philippines