Christmas Tutti Frutti Cake / Christmas Fruit Cake !!

Hi Guys, Happy holidays !! I am sorry for the past one month, I am couldn’t post any recipes. I was quite little busy with other stuffs. I am glad and happy that I am back with my new recipes. This cake is one of the most famous recipe for Christmas & New year special in India. Celebrate this Holiday Season with my tasty & light tutti frutti cake recipe. For every New year my dad used to buy it & this cake is one of my favorite. It is light to eat. Hope you guys enjoy it.

Here is one more thing to introduce my brand new Kitchen-Aid stand mixer gifted by my lovable husband for our second anniversary. Am so happy this is my first recipe that I used my stand mixer. It pretty done well…ha ha

Ingredients:

Unsalted butter, room temperature – 1/2 cup or 1 stick

Granulated white sugar – 1/2 cup

Eggs, room temperature – 3 large

Pure vanilla extract – 1/2 tsp

Tutti frutti – 1 cup

All-purpose flour – 2 cups

Baking powder – 1 tsp

Salt – 1/4 tsp

Zest of one small lemon (outer skin)

Milk (whole or reduced fat) – 1/4 cup

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, with the oven rack in the center of the oven.
Grease with butter, or spray with a nonstick vegetable spray, a 8.5 inch loaf pan.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and lemon zest.
In the bowl of your electric stand mixer or with a hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Now add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Add the vanilla extracts.
Beat in half the flour mixture just until incorporated.
Add the tutti frutti and beat until incorporated.
Then beat in the milk and then the remaining flour mixture.
Scrape the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for about 60 -70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Remove from oven and let it cool on a wire rack for about 20 – 30 minutes.
Serve with a scoop of ice cream and enjoy it.

Hints:

While adding eggs the mixture looks scramble, but don’t worry after adding flour everything comes together.
If you find the cake is browning too much, cover with a piece of aluminum foil.