Jasmine Fruit Cake
1 hour 10 minutes
My grandmother always makes this cake for Christmas. It is a lot lighter than the traditional Christmas fruitcakes. I like the flowery and the fruity flavour.
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Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 1 cup (250ml) strong Jasmine flower tea
- 50g dried cranberries
- 50g Goji berries, if available
- 50g glace cherries
- 50g raisins or sultanas
- 25g glace peel
- 180g butter
- 175g caster sugar
- 3 eggs, whisked
- 2 cups (250g) self raising flour
- 1 lemon, zested
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 1 teaspoon rose water
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:50min ›
Ready in:1hour10min
- Soak the fruits in the Jasmine tea.
- Cream butter and sugar together.
- Add whisked eggs. Then add in the berries and Jasmine tea liqueur.
- Fold in the flour, spice, lemon zest and rose water.
- Line a loaf tin with greaseproof paper. Grease well. Spoon the cake mixture into a prepared tin.
- Bake in the centre of the oven at 180 degrees C for 50 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack. Decorate the cake with icing sugar.
