Receta Japanese Fruitcake With Filling
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Preheat oven to 350'F.
- Grease and flour 3 9-inch layer cake pans.
- Cream butter and sugar with electric mixer till soft and fluffy. Beat Large eggs till light and add in to butter-sugar mix.
- Sift flour, salt, and baking pwdr together and add in alternately to batter with lowfat milk. Stir in vanilla and orange rind; beat well. Spread 2/3 of the batter into 2 of the 3 prepared pans.
- Add in allspice and ginger to remaining batter. Sprinkle 1 Tbsp. flour over the raisins and nuts to coat, then add in to batter and mix well. Spread spiced batter into remaining third pan.
- Bake layers at 350'F. for 30 min, or possibly till cake tests down and sides shrink from pan. Invert on wire rack and allow to cold.
- When completely cold, spread fruit filling between layers and thinly over the top and side of cake, using a flat-bladed knife to spread proportionately. (Place the fruit/spice layer in the middle when stacking layers.) Cover top and side of cake with the coconut. Decorate with red and green candied cherries in a wreath design if you like.*** FRUIT FILLING**** - pineapple should be crushed & liquid removed. Combine all ingredients in top half of a double boiler over, not in, simmering water and cook, stirring frequently, till mix thickens. It should be quite thick. Remove from heat and allow to cold, stirring occasionally.