Fruit Cake with California Prunes
Ingredients for approx. 20:
For the dough:
150 g California prunes
4 tablespoons water (or rum)
500 g flour
2 small packets instant dry yeast
100 g butter, softened
2 eggs (M)
80 g sugar
2 tablespoons honey
4 level teaspoons gingerbread spice mix
125 ml milk (room temperature)
Furthermore:
50 g California walnuts
100 g California prunes
80 g whole dried Cranberries
2 tablespoons flour
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 160° C . Puree prunes with water.
2. Mix flour and yeast. Add butter, eggs, sugar, honey and gingerbread spice mix, 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.
3. 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 and put into a well greased square baking pan (12” long). Let rise again for 45min.
4. Bake the fruit cake for approx. 45-50 minutes.
Nutrition value per serving approx.:
Energy: 213 kcal / 892 kJ Protein: 4,2 g Fat: 7 g Carbohydrates: 33 g
Preparation time: approx. 70 minutes + waiting time