Fruit & Nut Cake Recipe
This Fruit & Nut Cake Recipe is loaded with dried fruits & nuts that make this super healthy and makes it perfect for mid-day snacks. This is perfect for kid's snack box
Servings 8 pieces
Equipment
- Electric Hand Beater
- Convection Microwave Oven
- Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour With 2 tbsp of it replaced with equal amount of Cornflour
- 1/3 cup Refined Oil
- 1/3 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- ΒΌ cup Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Chopped Mixed Fruit & Nuts Cashew, Almonds, Raisins, Cranberries, Walnuts, Sultanas, Pistachios, etc.
Instructions
- Take a bowl and mix all the dry ingredients together. Sieve them through and keep them aside.
- Now, in another bowl, whisk the eggs with a pinch of salt, till light and almost 3 times in its volume.
- Add oil and vanilla extract to the eggs and whisk them vigorously till light and airy.
- Now, add the dry ingredients in three parts, alternating with milk and mix gently. Once you see that the dry ingredients have incorporated nicely, stop mixing.Fold in the chopped nuts & fruits in the cake batter.
- Now, pour the batter in a slightly oiled and floured cake tin and bake it at 180c for 40 minutes. Once you see that the cake has baked and the sides are pulling back from the edges, you know that it is done.
- Take it out and allow it to cool in the cake tin for 10 minutes before turning it upside down on wire rack to cool down completely.
- Serve this cake as it is or drizzle it with a glaze. Or, if you are feeling fancy then you can frost it with whipped cream or cream-cheese frosting.