Homemade Soft Fruit Cake Recipe

Moist Soft Fruit Cake Recipe

This is an easy, bakery style, fruit cake recipe. This moist, soft cake is absolutely delicious and has flavourful dried fruits and crunchy nuts, making it the perfect treat for any occasion. Whether you’re baking for the holidays or just craving a comforting dessert, this easy fruit cake recipe is simple to follow, and easy to make. It’s the perfect cake to celebrate the New Year.

Do also check out my hot milk cake recipe, and my mawa cake without readymade mawa recipe. You’ll love them too.

Ingredients

½ cup + 2 tbsp (140g) Butter

¼ cup Oil

¾ cup (160g) sugar, roughly ground

3 eggs

¼ cup yogurt

1 ¾ cup (210g) flour

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

1 ¼ tsp vanilla extract

¼ cup golden raisins

¼ cup black raisins

¼ cup tutti frutti

¼ cup chopped cashew nuts, almonds, and walnuts

Bake at 170C (340F) for around 50 minutes.

Procedure

1. Prepare the 7″ x 7″ square pan by greasing and dusting it with maida. Line only the bottom with parchment paper.
2. Mix the raisins, nuts, and tutti frutti. Keep aside 2 to 3 tbsp of the mixed dried fruits and nuts aside to use as a topping. Mix the rest with 2 tsp of maida.
3. Sift the maida, with the baking powder, and baking soda.
4. In a bowl, cream the butter with a wooden spoon, whisk, or electric beater. Add the oil, and continue whipping it.
5. Add the powdered sugar and continue to cream the mixture.
6. Whip in the eggs, 1 at a time.
7. Whip in the yogurt and vanilla extract.
8. Fold in the flour mixture till you get a smooth batter.
9. Fold in the prepared fruit and nut mixture. The batter should have a dropping consistency.
10. Add the batter to the prepared cake pan. Tap it on the work surface a few times to level the remove any air bubbles. Level the top and make a slight depression in the centre so that the cake won’t peak while baking. Add the fruits and nuts topping.
11. Bake the cake in a preheated oven heated to 170C (340F) for around 50 minutes or till a skewer inserted into it comes out clean.
12. Let the cake cool in the pan for two hours, and then unmould it. This cake will weigh around 900g.

Enjoy!