Apricot Cake Recipe
An apricot cake is a delicious fruit cake, which is simple to prepare and a craze with all fruit cake buffs. Preparing an Apricot cake is simple. All we need to do is follow these simple steps.
Ingredients in an Apricot Cake Recipe:
- One cup cut and dried apricots.
- Half a cup of warm milk.
- 125g butter chopped.
- One cup sugar.
- One teaspoon vanilla essence.
- Two eggs.
- One cup plain flour.
- Quarter teaspoon bicarbonate of soda.
- Three-fourth cup desiccated coconut.
For the icing
- Two cups of icing sugar mixture.
- One and a half tablespoons of milk.
- One tablespoon of butter.
- One teaspoon of vanilla essence.
- One tablespoon of desiccated coconut.
How do we prepare the fruit cake?
- The oven has to be heated to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Grease and line a slab pan.
- Mix the apricot and milk in a bowl, leave it for 10 minutes.
- Beat the butter and sugar until it becomes fluffy.
- Add vanilla and eggs to it and stir well.
- Stir flour, soda bicarbonate, three-fourth cup of desiccated coconut and apricot mixture into this batter.
- Spoon the batter into a pan.
- Bake it for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Cool the fruit cake in the pan itself.
- For making the icing, combine icing sugar, milk, butter and vanilla in a bowl. Heat, uncovered and on medium temperature for 20 seconds or until butter starts melting. Stir until the fruit cake becomes smooth; add milk if the need arises. Spread the icing over the cake.
- Cut the prepared apricot cake into slices.
Your fruit cake is ready to be served.
Apricot Cake Recipe
A sheet apricot cake is a fruit cake which does not need any icing and complex layering; hence it is easier to prepare for first timers.
Time:
- Preparation: 20 min.
- Cooking: 35-45 min.
- Serving: 12 to 15 people.
Ingredients required in an Apricot Cake Recipe:
- Half a pound of fresh apricots.
- Three quarter cups of cake flour.
- Two teaspoons baking powder.
- Half a teaspoon salt.
- One cup white sugar.
- Three Quarter cups solid vegetable shortening.
- One teaspoon vanilla extract.
- Three eggs, separated.
Preparing the fruit cake:
- The oven has to be heated to 350 Degrees Fahrenheit.
- A 9 x 13-inch baking pan must be lined with non-stick foil.
- Put the fresh apricots into boiling water for about a minute.
- Remove the apricots and let them cool.
- Peel their skin, cut in half and remove the seeds.
- Finely chop the apricots, preferably in a mixer.
- Cake flour, baking powder, and salt must be whipped in a bowl.
- In another bowl, the sugar, vanilla and vegetable shortening have to be creamed.
- Add egg yolks and apricots to this bowl, beating well all the time. (The eggs must be added one at a time)
- Whip the whites of the eggs in a chilled bowl. Gently fold into batter.
- Pour into the previously prepared baking pan and bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted through the fruit cake comes out clean.
- Let the Apricot cake cool down to room temperature.
- It can be topped with vanilla or cream cheese frosting.
- Apricot slices may be added as garnishing.
- Remove from pan and cut as desired.
The delicious fruit cake is now ready to serve.
- Shishir Rao
Tags: apricot, apricot cake recipe, cake recipes, Cakes, fruit, fruit cake recipe, Recipes
Related Posts:Related Posts
Leave a Comment
