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Easy, light fruit cake recipe Christmas Cake

Easy Fruit Cake


  • Author: Caroline Hastings-Brown
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 2 hours
  • Yield: 1 cake 1x

Description

A light and easy fruit cake that is full of flavour and Christmas cheer. You’ll love this fruit cake if the traditional ones are too heavy for your taste!


Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups flour
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ cup oil
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup cherries
  • ½ cup dried cranberries
  • ½ cup raisins
  • ½ cup sultanas
  • ¾ cup pecan nuts

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 150°C
  2. Beat the eggs for 1-2 minutes
  3. Add the oil, sugar, milk and sifted dry ingredients and mix well until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
  4. Now add the fruit and nuts and stir through until mixed evenly throughout the mixture.
  5. Bake in a loaf tin (greased and lined with wax paper) for 1hour 45 minutes  at 150°C.

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