How to Prepare Gordon Ramsay Light Fruit Cake

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Add candied fruits, raisins and almonds; toss together to coat fruit with dry ingredients. Beat butter in another bowl until creamy. Add sugar; continue beating until mixture is light and fluffy. Gradually stir in fruit mixture until well mixed.

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

The ingredients needed to make Light Fruit Cake:

1. Take 3/4 cup (120 grams) candied mixed peel
2. Make ready 1/2 cup (100 grams) candied red or green cherries (cut into quarters)
3. Get 1/3 cup (40 grams) dark raisins
4. Get 2-3 tablespoons Grand Marnier, rum, brandy, or sherry (optional)
5. Prepare 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature
6. Take 1/2 cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar
7. Get 3 large eggs, room temperature
8. Take 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
9. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
10. Take 1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all-purpose flour
11. Take 1/2 cup (50 grams) ground almonds (almond meal/flour)
12. Make ready 1 teaspoon baking powder
13. Take 1/4 teaspoons salt
14. Make ready Zest of one small lemon (outer skin)
15. Prepare 1/4 cup (60 ml) milk (whole or reduced fat)
16. Get Some flaked almonds for decoration

If you don't like fruit cake, this light fruit cake recipe may change your mind. It is filled with luscious fruits, coconut, almonds and raisins. Using an electric beater, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the vanilla, eggs and sour cream and beat together.

Steps 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.

Using an electric beater, cream together the butter and sugar. Add the vanilla, eggs and sour cream and beat together. In a separate bowl sift together the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Light Fruitcake Apart from their lighter color, light fruitcakes tend to be less rich and not quite as sweet as their dark counterparts. The wonderful thing about light fruitcakes is that the light-colored batter allows the jewel-toned glazed fruit to show well.

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