SEMOLINA FRUIT CAKE

 SEMOLINA FRUIT CAKE

700 gm mix fruit

1 ¼ cup tea*

250 gm planta margarine

200 gm soft brown sugar

50 gm dark brown sugar*

5 eggs

60 gm extra planta margarine

100 gm flour

250 gm semolina

1 tsp mix spice powder

½ cup cashew nuts

½ tsp almond essence

½ tsp rose essence

1.    Heat a pan and add in the mix fruit and tea and let it comes to a boil. Let it boil for 2-3 mints stir well and remove from the heat. Let the fruit mixer cool over night

2.    Roast the semolina with 60 gm planta till well mix. Remove and keep aside to cool.

3.    Line a 8x8 square tin with baking paper and keep aside.

4.    Sieve the flour with mix spice and mix with well the semolina.

5.    Beat the planta margarine and brown sugar, dark brown sugar till light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at time beating well after each addition.

6.    Now add in the flour and the mix fruit alternately and mix with a spoon till well combined add in the essence and cashew nuts mix well and pour into the prepared tin and bake in a preheated oven at 170c for one hour (depends on the type of oven you use) or till cooked.

7.    Let the cake cool in the tin for before removing it to cool. This cake taste and cut better if keep over night.

Note: *non Muslim can use ¼ cup of brandy instead of ¼ tea. And brush the cake brandy with it is cool.

*I use gula merah cap bintang for the 50 gm brown sugar.