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Recipe Of The Week: Hungarian Fruit Cake

• 14 Jun 2024 7:01 AM

The fruit cake isn't exactly a typical Hungarian one, although you can find a wide choice of it in most of the Hungarian confectioners'.

Ingredients:

4 egg
20 dkg flour
25 dkg sugar
4 tbs hot water
1/2 lemon
1 tsp baking powder

vanilla pudding, fruits and gelatin for decorating

Preparations:

1. Mix yolks with sugar, add the 4 tbs water and mix.

2. Add and the lemon juice, the flour and the baking powder and mix well.

3. Add the whipped white of eggs. Then put the whole mass into the fruit cake form.

4. Bake at 180 Celsius, for 25-30 minutes.

5. If the cake sheet is lukewarm smear with vanilla cream (or vanilla pudding), decorate with fruits and cover it carefully with the cooked gelatin.

6. Finally, enjoy the result of your work with your family :)

Source: Hungarystartshere.com

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