Fruit Cake Dough

Baking made easy – with our basic doughs

Would you like to make a wonderful fruit cake, but don’t know which dough to go for? No problem – our versatile basic doughs are perfect for those who want to whip up delicious cakes quickly and easily. After all, as we know: homemade tastes best! Alongside our crumble dough, yeast dough and cake flour, you’ll now also find fruit cake dough in our range.

A popular basic recipe: sponge base for fruit cake

Our basic recipe for a sponge base for fruit cake is especially popular. The sponge base is light and airy and ideal for combining with all kinds of fruit. Our fruit cake dough is simple and the ideal base for delicious fruit cakes. Our fruit cake dough helps create a light and airy dough that’s ideal as a base for cakes. Whether you use it with fruit or chocolate, this sponge dough is very versatile and guarantees the perfect flavour.

Quick and easy

Our fruit cake dough is incredibly quick and easy to make. All you need is a few ingredients and to follow a few easy steps. Before long you’ll have baked the perfect base for a wonderful fruit cake.

How do you make a fruit cake nice and moist?

A special tip for especially moist fruit cakes: spread a thin layer of jam or jelly over the cake base. This makes the base wonderfully moist and the fruit cake nice and juicy.

Discover a new, easy and tasty way to bake. With our basic dough, you can whip up any fruit cake in an instant. Treat yourself and your loved ones to homemade delights and let your creativity run wild.

Encores

For the dough:

• 2 eggs (medium)
• 100 g butter or margarine

For the baking tin:

• A little grease and wheat flour

Preparation

1. Place the gund mixture, eggs, and butter or margarine in a mixing bowl and mix with an electric hand mixer (whisk attachment), first briefly on low speed, then on high speed for about 1 minute until creamy.

1. Grease and flour a fruit cake pan (Ø 28 cm) or springform pan (Ø 26 cm), pour in the batter and smooth it down. Bake the cake in the preheated oven in the lower third.
2. Before taking out, check with a wooden stick if the bottom is baked through.

1. After baking, immediately turn the base out onto a cake rack lined with baking paper and let cool.
2. Top the base with fruit as desired and pour cake glaze over it.