Mixed Fruits Cake 手拌杂果蛋糕

Kathrine Kwa's Recipe

2 Recipes
4 pc                Foil : 21 cm X 11 C
Ingredients A :
900 g              Mixed Fruits （杂果）- I used 1 kg
400 g              Brown Sugar （黃糖）- i used 200 g
    2 tsp           Cinnamon Powder （肉桂粉）
    2 tsp           Mixed Spice （混合香料粉）
    1 tsp           Ginger Powder （姜粉）
    2 tsp           Salt （盐）
500 ml           Water （水）
200 g              Butter （牛油）
Ingredients B:
     4 no          Eggs （鸡蛋 - 60 g Each
 100 g            Almond Slivers （杏仁条）
Ingredients C:
400 g             Plain Flour (普通面粉）
    2 tsp          Baking Soda （苏打粉）
Ingredient D:
16 tbsp          Rum or Brandy (240 ml)
Method:
  1)  Combined all ingredients A in a pot.
  2)  On medium fire melt the butter and sugar, once bring to boil off fire set aside to let it cool down.
  3)  Stir in egg one at a time until well combine.
  4)  Put in almond slivers.
  5)  Sieve the plain flour and baking soda together.
  6)  Divide 3 times to fold in the plain flour and baking soda into the above mixture until well combine.
  7)  Brush the side of the foil with butter.
  8)  Pour the mixture and divide evenly into the foil.
  9)  Bake in preheat oven 160 C for 45 minutes or until golden brown.
10)  Set aside to cool down.
11)  Sprinkle 2 tbsp of rum or brandy onto the each fruit cake.
12)  Wrap it and place in refrigerator over night.
13)  Second day unwrap the fruit cakes and sprinkle 2 tbsp of rum or brandy onto the each fruit cake again.
14)  Wrap the fruit cakes and put back into the refrigerator.
15)  3rd day sliced the fruit cake and serve it.

Can replace 500 ml water to rum or brandy and soak with mixed fruits, 2 no orange juice and 2 no lemon rind for 1 week.
Than start the process as above method.