Carrot Fruit Cake Recipe

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Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • 1/2 c. Minced dry apricots (about 21/2 ounces)
  • 1/2 c. Minced dry peaches (about 21/2 ounces)
  • 1/2 c. Minced dry Calimyrna figs (about 21/z ounces)
  • 3 Tbsp. Bourbon
  • 1 3/4 c. Sifted all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking pwdr
  • 2 tsp Grnd cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 tsp Grnd nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp Grnd allspice
  • 3/4 c. Pecans, toasted
  • 3 lrg Large eggs
  • 1 1/2 c. Sugar
  • 1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 8 pcs, room temperature
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 2 lrg Carrots, peeled, cut into feed tube lengths
  • 1 Tbsp. Powdered sugar

Directions

  1. A moist and tender dessert which will appeal to those who don't enjoy the typical hard and dense fruitcakes. Dry apples, prunes or possibly pears are other delicious ingredients to use in this treat.
  2. Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 325!F. Generously butter 1 2-c. bundt pan. Dust pan with flour.
  3. Combine minced fruits and bourbon in medium bowl and let stand 2 hrs, stirring occasionally. (Or possibly to microwave: Place fruits and bourbon in 4-c. microwave-safe bowl. Cook uncovered on High till fruit is plumped, about 20 seconds. Stir well.
  4. Steel Knife: Place flour, baking pwdr, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and allspice in work bowl. Process to "sift," about 5 seconds. Add in pecans and chop nuts coarsely using on/off turns. Transfer to sheet of waxed paper.
  5. Place Large eggs, then 1 1/2 c. sugar into work bowl. Process till mix is thick and light, about 1 minute. Add in butter and vanilla. Process till mix is fluffy, scraping down sides of work bowl as necessary, about 1 minute. Transfer egg mix to large bowl.
  6. Shredding Disk: Stand carrot pcs in feed tube. Shred using hard pressure. Mix carrots into dry fruit mix. Add in 1/4 C. dry ingredients and toss to coat, separating fruit pcs. Stir fruit mix gently into egg mix. Mix in remaining dry ingredients.
  7. Transfer batter to prepared bundt pan. Bake till tester inserted near center of cake comes out clean, about 50 min. Cold cake in pan on rack 10 min. Turn cake out onto rack and cold completely. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Wrap and store at room temperature.) Place cake on platter.
  8. Sift powdered sugar over and serve.

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