Traditional Genoa Cake 🍒✨
This rich and fruity Genoa cake is a delightful classic, packed with glace cherries, raisins, and mixed peel. Perfect for a teatime treat or a festive occasion, it’s moist, buttery, and brimming with flavour.
Ingredients:
🧈 Unsalted Butter: 200g, softened
🍬 Caster Sugar: 200g
🥚 Eggs: 4 large
🍚 Plain Flour: 250g
🧂 Baking Powder: 1 tsp
🍇 Raisins: 150g
🍒 Glace Cherries: 150g, halved
🍊 Mixed Peel: 50g
🍋 Lemon Zest: 1 lemon
🥛 Milk: 2 tbsp
🍯 Optional Topping: Demerara sugar, for sprinkling
Method:
1. 🔥 Preheat the Oven:
Preheat your oven to 160°C (fan). Grease and line a 20cm round cake tin with baking paper.
2. 🥣 Cream Butter and Sugar:
In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy.
3. 🥚 Add the Eggs:
Beat in the eggs, one at a time, ensuring each egg is fully incorporated before adding the next.
4. 🍚 Mix in the Dry Ingredients:
Sift the flour and baking powder into the bowl and fold gently into the batter.
5. 🍒 Fold in the Fruit:
Toss the raisins, cherries, and mixed peel in a little flour (to prevent sinking), then fold them into the batter along with the lemon zest.
6. 🥛 Adjust the Consistency:
Add the milk and stir gently to achieve a soft dropping consistency.
7. 🍰 Bake the Cake:
Spoon the batter into the prepared tin and smooth the top. Sprinkle with demerara sugar if desired.
Bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. If the top begins to brown too quickly, cover with foil during the final 30 minutes of baking.
8. 🌟 Cool and Serve:
Allow the cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Slice and serve with a cup of tea!
Serving Information:
⏱ Prep Time: 20 minutes
⏱ Cooking Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
🍴 Servings: 12 slices
🔥 Calories: ~300 per slice
Enjoy this timeless Genoa cake, bursting with fruity goodness and traditional charm! 🍒✨