Fruit Pound Cake Recipes

HOLIDAY FRUIT-FILLED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat brandy in a 1-quart saucepan over low heat until warm, then remove from heat and stir in dried fruit. Cover and let stand 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 325°F with rack in middle. Invert bottom of springform pan and lock on side. Generously butter pan and dust with flour, knocking out excess.
• Finely grind 3/4 cup almonds with 1/4 cup sugar in a food processor, then whisk together with flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat butter and remaining 3/4 cup sugar with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition (batter will appear curdled), then add vanilla, zest, and fruit with brandy and beat until thoroughly combined, about 2 minutes.
• At low speed, mix in flour mixture until incorporated. Spoon batter into pan, smoothing it, and top with remaining 1/3 cup almonds.
• Bake until a long wooden pick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours. Run a thin metal spatula around side of cake, then cool in pan on a rack 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt marmalade with liqueur in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring, then strain glaze through a sieve into a small bowl, discarding solids.
• Loosen side of cake with thin metal spatula again, then remove side of pan and loosen bottom of cake. Transfer cake from pan to rack and brush glaze over top of cake.
• Cool cake completely, about 3 hours.

FRUIT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugar together.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
• Add flour, salt, mace. Mix again.
• Add vanilla and beat. Add remaining ingredients and mix very well.
• Bake in a greased loaf pan for 60 -80 minutes with the oven temp set at 350*.
• **NOTE: To make a basic pound cake, the use above recipe, OMITTING the fruit and follow directions for baking/preparing.**.

FRUIT-FLAVORED POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 10-inch tube or fluted tube pan; set aside. Place all ingredients in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed 3 minutes or until well blended.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly pressed with finger. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

FRUIT COCKTAIL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large mixing bowl cream together the softened margarine and the sugar,.
• Mix well till creamy smooth. Add one egg at a time and beat after each addition.
• In a measuring glass combine the milk, the fruit cocktail juice and the vanilla extract (or amaretto liqueur).
• In a separate mixing bowl sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
• Add 1/4 of the flour mix to the creamy butter mixture alternately with a little of the liquid; mix well after each addition. Keep doing this till there is no more flour or liquid left. Your cake batter should be rich and smooth/ If needed, add a tablespoon or more milk or juice--not too much, you don't want your cake watery.
• Fold in the drained fruit cocktail to your batter and mix well till all fruit is coated and not floating on top of batter.
• Pour the batter into two well greased and lightly floured loaf pans or a bundt cake pan.
• If using non-stick pans then just spray with a little oil spray.
• Bake for 40 to 50 minutes for loaf pans or till lightly golden brown and insert toothpick comes out clean. If baking in bundt pan, it should be about the same time.
• Remove cake from oven and let sit on cake rack. Remove cake from pans and place on serving dish.
• Put icing sugar in sieve and tap side of sieve to get a light dusting all over top of cake.
• Serve cake slices with whipped cream or ice cream, makes a yummy light dessert.
• Note: you can do a summer berry cake by adding fresh fruit like blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, diced peaches, pears, and or nectarines.
• When making the fresh berry cake use either 1/2 cup of fruit cocktail juice + 1/cup milk OR use 1 cup of milk, but if your replacing the juice with the whole cup of milk you will need to add 1/3 cup more sugar.

PASSION FRUIT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Butter the bottom and sides of a 9-inch (23-cm) loaf pan, dust it with flour, and tap out any excess. Line the bottom with a rectangle of parchment paper.
• To make the cake, in a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a bowl by hand), beat together the butter, 1 cup (200 g) sugar, and the orange zest on medium speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes.
• In a small bowl, beat together the eggs and vanilla. With the mixer running, slowly dribble the egg mixture into the butter mixture, stopping the mixer and scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed, until the eggs are completely incorporated. (The mixture may look curdled, which is normal.)
• Using a rubber spatula, stir the flour mixture into the butter-sugar mixture by hand just until combined. Don't overmix. Scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool about 15 minutes.
• While the cake is cooling, prepare the glaze. In a small bowl, very gently stir together the passion fruit juice and 1/3 cup (65 g) sugar. Don't let the sugar dissolve.
• Loosen the cake from the loaf pan by running a knife around the sides of the cake. Invert the warm cake out of the pan, peel off the parchment paper, and turn it right side up onto a plate.
• Using a wooden skewer, pierce the top of the cake all the way through to the bottom about 50 times. Spoon half of the glaze over the top of the cake. Turn the cake on each of its sides, spooning the rest of the glaze over so that the cake is evenly coated. Sop up the glaze that collects in the plate by rubbing the bottom and sides of the cake in it.
• Serving
• Serve the sliced cake just as it is or with a compote of fresh tropical fruit or berries.
• Storage
• Store the cake loosely wrapped in plastic wrap, to keep the glaze crisp.
• Variation
• To make ORANGE POUND CAKE, replace the passion fruit juice in the glaze with 1/2 cup (125 ml) freshly squeezed orange juice.
• tip
• To strain fresh passion fruit pulp, halve the fruits, scoop the pulp into a mesh strainer set over a bowl, and press the pulp to separate the seeds from the juice. You can find frozen passion fruit purée in Latin markets as well as online (see Resources, page 270).