Operation Manual

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DIRECT ACCESS RECIPES (CONT.)
Light Fruit Cake
Ingredients
225g / 8oz self raising flour
125g / 5oz butter
125g / 5oz caster sugar
2 eggs, beaten
125g / 5oz mixed dried fruit
1 tsp finely grated lemon rind
90mls / 6-7 tblsp milk
Cookware
18cm / 7 inch round cake tin. Greased and lined
with greaseproof paper. Place on turntable.
Method
1. Cream the butter and sugar. Gradually mix in the
egg and flour. Add the fruit, lemon rind and milk.
Mix well.
2. Transfer mixture to a greased and lined 18cm / 7
inch round cake tin. Smooth top and place on
turntable.
3. Cook on Direct Access - Cake / Pudding - Fruit
Cake - More (or no adjustment is required if you
prefer a less well done result.)
4. After cooking allow cake to stand in tin for 5
minutes before turning onto wire rack to cool.
Remove greaseproof paper.
5. When cool store in an air tight container.
Variations
Cherry Cake
Replace the dried fruit with 125g / 5oz glace
cherries, wash and dry cherries, cut into quarters
and mix with 1 tblsp of the 225g / 8 oz of
measured flour. Fold into the mixture.(Before
cooking press Less to gain a good result)
Cherry and Ginger
Replace the dried fruit with 75g / 3oz glace
cherries, washed, dried and quartered, and
50g / 2 oz of finely chopped preserved ginger. Mix
the cherries and ginger with 1 tblsp of the
225g / 8 oz of measured flour. Fold into the
mixture. (Before cooking press Less to gain a
good result)
Date and W
alnut
Replace the dried fruit with 75g / 3oz finely
chopped dates and 50g / 2oz chopped walnuts.
Add 1 level tsp (5mls) of mixed spice to the flour.
Omit the lemon rind. (Before cooking press Less
to gain a good result).
Coconut and Lemon
Omit the fruit and replace with 75g / 3 oz
desiccated coconut, increase the lemon rind to
2 tsps.
Coconut and Cherry
As for coconut and lemon, but add 50g / 2oz of
quartered glace cherries.
Sultana and Orange
- Replace the dried fruit with
125g / 5oz of dried sultanas. Replace the lemon
rind with 2 tsps of orange rind.
Banana
Replace the dried fruit with 1 mashed ripe banana.
Add 1/4 tsp baking powder. (Before cooking press
Less to gain a good result)
Marmalade Cake
Replace the dried fruit with 2 heaped tblsps of
orange marmalade and the finely grated rind of
orange. (Before cooking press Less to gain a
good result)
Please see summary of cooking
recommendation for light fruit cake
variations overleaf.