• Marinate the following for 12 hrs
• Dried apricots, soak a little and cut into small stripes 50 g
• Dried pineapples cut into small pieces 50 g
• Maraschino cherries, cut each cherry into 4 parts 50 g
• Sultanas 200 g
• Raisins clean and wash 200 g
• Orange juice pour over the dried fruit and leave to marinate 200 ml
• Pound Batter Dough
• Butter mix until soft 200 g
• Fine sugar add to butter and continue mixing 200 g
• Almonds peel and crush slightly add to butter and sugar 100 g
• Eggs add one by one and mix thoroughly 4
• Marinated dry fruit fold into the mixture and mix well
• Flour 350 g
• Baking powder sift into the above mixture and mix well. 3 tsp
• Spoon dough into the baking tin.

Line a loaf tin measuring 28 cm, or a round springform, about 24 cm in diameter, with aluminum foil.

Grease the foil and dust with flour.

Preheat the oven. Bake for 2 1/2 - 3 hrs on low heat.

If the cake should get too brown during baking, cover the top with aluminum foil. Test with skewer.

Brush some sugar syrup or honey over the top to give it a shine, then decorate with glazed almonds and some Maraschino cherries.

by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 1328 views