Candied Fruit Cake *

Name: Candied Fruit Cake * (Cake aux Fruits Confits)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3 tbsp (45 ml) dark rum; 2 oz. (50 g) apricot glaze, warmed; Assorted candied fruit and cherries; Scant ¼ cup (20 g) sliced almonds; 1 stick + 2 tsp (4½ oz./125 g) butter, diced + more for the pan; Scant 1 cup (4½ oz./125 g) Confectioners’ sugar, sifted; 3 eggs (⅔ cup/150 g), at room temperature; 9 oz. (250 g) assorted candied fruit, diced; 1¼ tsp (5 g) baking powder; 1¾ cups (5¾ oz./160 g) cake flour; 2 oz. (50 g) whole candied cherries, preferably Bigarreaux or Amarena

Cake aux Fruits Confits

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

1 stick + 2 tsp (4½ oz./125 g) butter, dice

Europe
France
Cake
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Lightly grease the loaf pan with butter and line it with enough parchment paper to leave an overhang.
Whisk together the butter and confectioners’ sugar in a mixing bowl.
Whisk in the eggs, one by one, until incorporated. If the mixture starts to separate, set the bowl over a saucepan of barely simmering water (bain-marie) and continue whisking. Set a