Dried Fruit Cake

Dried fruit cake is a simple butter cake in which dried apricots, prunes and dates are first steeped in boiling water to keep them moist. It bakes at 160-170°C for 40 to 60 minutes - check doneness with a wooden skewer. I highly recommend it with tea or coffee - enjoy!

Dried Fruit Cake

A hearty butter cake with dried apricots, prunes and dates - a great addition to tea or coffee.

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Prep Time 25 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 25 minutes mins

Servings: 8 servings

Course: Muffins and loaf cakes

Cuisine: Home cooking

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 200 g dried fruit (apricots, prunes, dates)
• 170 g butter room temperature
• 150 g sugar
• 3 eggs
• 250 g flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp cream

Method

 

1. Wash the dried fruit and pour boiling water over it for 15 minutes. Drain, pit the dates, and chop everything into pieces.
2. Beat the room-temperature butter until fluffy, gradually adding the sugar.
3. Add the eggs one at a time, continuing to beat, and finish with a couple of tablespoons of cream.
4. Sift the flour with the baking powder and mix with a mixer until smooth.
5. Add the dried fruit and fold in with a spatula.
6. Grease the pan with vegetable oil, add the batter and bake in an oven preheated to 160-170°C for 40-60 minutes. Check doneness with a skewer - it should come out dry.
   
7. Let the finished cake cool and remove from the pan. Enjoy!
   

Notes

The author's cake baked for 60 minutes.

Tips

• Make sure to remove the pits from the dates before chopping.
• The butter needs to be at room temperature, otherwise it won't whip up into a fluffy mass.
• My cake baked for exactly 60 minutes - go by the dry skewer test.