Amrita's Fruitcake

Fruitcake
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Ingredients
Dry fruit- 1 cup (8 oz. or 250 gms.),
Dry Nuts, chopped- 1 cup (8 oz. or 250 gms.)
Rum- 1/2 cup- optional
Flour- 1 1/4 cup (300 gms.) + 2 tablespoons
Sugar- 1 1/4 cup (300 gms)
Butter- 300 gms.
Eggs- 3
Baking Powder- 1 teaspoon
Vanilla Essence- 1 teaspoon
Clove, Cardamom, Cinnamon powders- one pinch each


Method
If using rum soak the dry fruits in the rum for as long as possible- or 1-2 weeks.
Bring all the ingredients to room temperature.
Drain the soaked fruits and toss in the 2 tablespoons of flour. keep aside.
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking pan with parchment paper and grease it- or grease and flour the baking pan.
Cream the butter, by beating it well, and slowly add the sugar (mix till the consistency is like cream and the sugar is well mixed).
Add the eggs, one by one and mix well.
In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, nuts and fruit. Add the cloves, cardamom and cinnamon powders.
Now combine the cake mixtures, pour ino the baking pan and bake for 40 mins. Or until a toothpick inserted into the cake- comes out clean.
You can add a little rum at interval of one or two days.
It is said that the more the rum, the better the taste!