Tip: If you want the cake to last longer, spray it with more alcohol.
Ingredients
- ½ cup various kinds of raisins
- 1/3 cup palm finely chopped
- ½ cup cognac
- 1/3 cup dried fruits
- 1/3 cup almonds roughly sliced
- 1/3 cup walnuts
- 2 cups + 2 tablespoons flour for all uses
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 ¼ cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla powder
- 5 eggs, separate yolks and egg whites
- Brandy and Grand Marnier for spraying
Method
Step 1:
Preheat the oven at 175 C.
Step 2:
Butter and flour 5-6 small cake pans or a large baking dish.
Step 3:
Put the raisins, the figs and the cognac in a big bowl.
Step 4:
In another bowl, mix the baking powder with soda, vanilla, dried fruits and flour.
Step 5:
In another bowl mix the butter with the sugar until the mixture becomes white and creamy.
Step 6:
Add the egg yolks and mix well.
Step 7:
Empty the brandy from the raisins and add it in the butter mixture.
Step 8:
Mix the egg whites with the meringue.
Step 9:
With a spatula mix the flour and the egg whites in circular movements.
Step 10:
Add the nuts and raisins and mix lightly.
Step 11:
Bake the small cakes for 40 minutes, or if you went with a big cake bake it for 1:25 hours.
Step 12:
When the cake gets cold, spray with brandy and Grand marnier.
