Dundee cake is a traditional Scottish fruit cake served at Christmas. This cake is filled with sultanas, raisins, currants and mixed candied peel. It has a light and crumbly texture.
Ingredients - 8'' cake (10 -12 slices)
Ingredients - 8'' cake (10 -12 slices)
- All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cups
- Butter - 2 tbsp
- Brown sugar - 3/4 cup (or regular sugar)
- Oil - 1/2 cup
- Mixed fruit - 1 cup (sultanas, raisins, currants and mixed candied peel)
- Baking powder - 1 tsp
- Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
- Cinnamon powder - 1 tsp
- Almond essence - 1/2 tsp (or vanilla essence)
- Milk - 2/3 cup
- Blanched Almonds - 25 - 30 nos
- Beat brown sugar, oil and butter with electric beater or hand whisk till creamy
- Add milk and almond essence & mix well
- In a big bowl sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon powder
- To the dry ingredients add wet ingredients and mixed fruits
- Mix well on low speed for 2 to 3 minutes
- Pre heat the oven to 325 F and grease an 8'' round cake pan
- Pour the batter in the cake pan and decorate it with blanched almonds
- Bake it for 45 minutes or until the inserted tooth pick comes out clean
- Cool the cake completely in the cooling rack - ready to serve
- Mixed fruits are loaded with vitamins and minerals
- One slice of egg less Dundee cake = 215 calories approximately
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