Fruitcake Special

It's the weekend again so it's time for a new blog entry! Today's post shall be on.........

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I'm actually not a huge fan of fruit cakes because I remember my bad experiences with some wedding fruitcake souvenirs. Those were really sweet and intense, too yucky for my liking. My mum baked a Grand Marnier Orange Fruit Cake some time back. Hers was buttery, firm and moderately sweet, less rich and extremely pleasing to eat.

Preparation for this wasn't as straightforward because Mum had to soak the mix fruit in fresh orange juice and grand marnier for a week before adding to the recipe so that the flavor of the dried fruit could be enhanced. Even after the cake was ready, it was kept wrapped at room temperature for another week before we actually cut and ate it. 

So if you would like to try this out, go ahead and follow the recipe :)  

450g mixed fruit
100ml Grand Marnier
100ml freshly squeezed orange juice

Soak mix fruit in orange juice and grand marnier for a week in the fridge.

250g butter
4 eggs
120g sugar
225g all purpose flour
100ml Grand Marnier

a. Preheat oven to 140C. Line baking pan.
b. Cream butter and sugar until smooth.
c. Add in eggs individually, make sure to beat well after each addition.
d. Sift flour into butter mixture and beat slowly until smooth.
e. Fold fruit mixture into the batter.
f. Pour batter into baking pan and bake for one and a half hours.
g. Remove cake from oven and drizzle Grand Marnier immediately over hot cake.
h. When the cake is completely cooled, wrap cake and keep at room temperature for a week before consuming.