Ingredients
- 1 plus 3/4 Cup All purpose Flour
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Water
- 1/4 cup Butter
- 1/4 Cup Black Raisins
- 1/4 Cup Tutti Fruity ( Candied Fruits)
- 1/4 Cup chopped Cashew nuts
- Zest of one lemon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Method
- Preheat oven to 180 degree Celsius. Grease a baking pan and keep aside.
- Combine sugar, butter,tutti fruity,water and black raisins in a pan. Bring to a boil on low heat till sugar dissolves. Turn off flame and let the mixture cool.
- Mix in cashew pieces, lemon zest and vanilla extract. Reserve a few tutti fruity and cashew pieces to sprinkle on top.
- In the above mixture, sift in flour, baking powder and baking soda.
- Fold in the flour gently with a spatula. Do not over mix the batter.
- Pour the cake batter into prepared tin and bake at 180 degree Celsius for 35-40 minutes till the toothpick inserted out in center of cake comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool before taking it out of tin.
- Cut into slices and serve.
Quick Tips
- Allow the sugar syrup to cool down before proceeding with rest of the recipe.
- You can add dry fruits of choice like chopped dates, golden raisins, prunes etc to the batter.
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