fruity cake

I baked this fruity cake when my friend, Hamtaro came to our home. Hamtaro's family is vegetarian and hence, I decided to bake a cake that does not contain eggs nor butter.

As I used apricot nectar juice as the liquid for the cake batter, I added only 1/4 cup castor sugar so that the cake would not be overly sweet.

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 cups self-raising flour

1/4 tsp salt

1/3 cup dried mixed fruits

1/4 cup castor sugar

1/2 cup sunflower oil

1 cup apricot nectar juice

METHOD

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius.

2. Grease and flour an 8" round cake pan. Set aside.

3. Sift the self-raising flour and salt in a bowl. Toss in the dried mixed fruit. Set aside.

4. Mix the castor sugar, oil and apricot nectar juice in a mixing bowl using a hand whisk.

5. Fold in the flour mixture using a wooden spatula and stir until blended.

6. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan.

7. Bake for 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.