Name: Fruit Cake with Dried Prunes
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: R065
Ingredients: 250 g Sunsweet prunes; 4 tablespoons water (or rum); 500 g flour; 2 small packets instant dry yeast; 100 g butter, softened; 2 medium eggs; 80 g sugar; 2 tablespoons honey; 4 level teaspoons ginger spice mix; 125 ml milk (room temperature); 50 g walnuts; 80 g whole dried cranberries; 2 tablespoons flour

Fruit Cake with Dried Prunes

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This luxurious recipe is full of festive flavour so for a special treat this season, make it for home for the family or as a Christmas gift

Prep Time: 70
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Yield: 20 1x
Method: import-018
Cuisine: R065

Ingredients

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For the dough:

250 g Sunsweet prunes
4 tablespoons water (or rum)
500 g flour
2 small packets instant dry yeast
100 g butter, softened
2 medium eggs
80 g sugar
2 tablespoons honey
4 level teaspoons ginger spice mix
125 ml milk (room temperature)
50 g walnuts
80 g whole dried cranberries
2 tablespoons flour

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 160° C . Puree prunes with water.
Mix flour and yeast. Add butter, eggs, sugar, honey, ginger, milk and prune puree. Mix all together with a hand mixer until dough is smooth. Cover dough and let rise at warm room temperature for about 45 min.
Chop the walnuts and mix with prunes, cranberries and flour. Stir dough on floured surface, flatten and spread the plum mix on it. Fold the dough with prune and the mix well, make sure that the fruits are covered with the dough. Shape dough oblong shape and put into a well greased square baking pan (12” long). Let rise again for 45min.
Bake the fruit cake for approx. 45-50 minutes

Notes

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Nutrition

Calories: 213

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