Light Fruit Cake Recipe

[Nikkit]

Does anyone have a recipe for a light fruit cake?

As in light in colour?

I have plenty of good recipes, but mine are all dark cakes and I want to try a light coloured one.

Thank you lovely ladies 

Nikki. 

[djinni373]

I have one for you Nik, with pic. It is tried and true and was quite the rage... um 50 years ago.
This is from my mum's favourite cookbook (can you tell?) and the page this cake is on is dog eared. Let me know if you would like me to transcribe it for you.

From memory it's awfully good but I haven't had it for decades

[cookie1]

I have one that is like the old fashioned Ritz fruit cake if you are interested. It's not thermomix but you could still use it.

[Cornish Cream]

Love your Mums old cookery book Gayle It looks so well used and loved.

[Nikkit]

Djinni - thank you thank you thank you!   

Exactly what I was looking for. It printed out fine too - so no need to transcribe it thanks.  I'll make it tomorrow when I'm home and see how it goes...will let you know.

I had high tea at The Raffles in Singapore last week and they had the yummiest light fruit cake on the stand, didn't think to ask them for the recipe, but hubby loved it and wants me to make one.

Cookie - would love your recipe too. (The more the merrier!!) Not worried that it isn't a TM recipe, I'll either make it as is or convert it.

Thank you ladies, I knew someone in here would have exactly what I was looking for. What an awesome bunch in here   

[cookie1]

On its way Nikkit. I will send to your home email. It will be easier for me. It is still in ounces and pounds, is that ok for you? I'll put the metric with it.

[Nikkit]

Thanks cookie, I got it. 

Todays job is make 2 fruit cakes me thinks.

Thanks ladies 

[djinni373]

Love your Mums old cookery book Gayle It looks so well used and loved.

LOL CC you are diplomatic. We lived on a farm with rich red soil that seemed to find its way onto just about everything and stained most things Mum made beautiful cakes in an old wood stove. Her sponge cakes were fantastic.

Dad brought the cookbooks all the way from Rockhampton to Sydney for me and I keep them although they are a bit worse for wear. I love to look at the old recipes and ads although they do make me sad sometimes as both Mum and Dad are both gone now

Can't wait to see your cakes Nikkit 

[Nikkit]

Best I stop playing on the computer and get to work then!

I have some old books too, one is my great Nana's and it is coverless and very well used. When my Grandma passed away last year I somehow ended up with a box full of her recipe books. None of them old, but one is her hand written one of recipes that she cooked often. Rather thrilled that I ended up with that one!

Although in all honesty my Grandma was a dreadful cook unless you wanted something sweet. I can still smell boiled mutton coming from her kitchen and her "fatty water soup" was ... there are no words. It was ... fatty water with a few bits of barley in the bottom. I am shuddering thinking about it now!

[Nikkit]

One problem...

I have no custard powder. I have not bought custard powder in 4 years! Does anyone know what I can use instead of custard powder? I only need 1 dessertspoon, so am hoping that I can substitute something else in.

[jeninwa]

I'd  use cornflour in place of the custard powder

[judydawn]

Yes, so would I.

[Nikkit]

Thanks Jen and Judy.

Djinni's cake is in the oven as we speak/write. Smells yum!

[cookie1]

Yes Nikkit, I hope you used cornflour. It colours the cake yellow and I don't know what else. 

[djinni373]

Checking how things are going here… Hope it turned out