How to Cook Yummy Genoa Cake

Genoa Cake.

You can cook Genoa Cake using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Genoa Cake

1. You need 70 grams of muscovado sugar.
2. It's 120 grams of butter.
3. Prepare 2 of eggs, beaten.
4. Prepare 200 grams of mixed dried fruit.
5. You need 180 grams of plain flour.
6. It's 100 grams of glace cherries.
7. You need 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
8. Prepare 1 of grated peel of an orange.
9. You need 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
10. It's 60 ml of whole milk.
11. It's 60 grams of ground almonds.

Genoa Cake step by step

1. Set the oven to 180C/fan 160/gas 4..
2. Line a baking loaf tin with baking parchment paper..
3. Add the butter and sugar to a large mixing bowl and beat until the mixture has become light and creamy. Then slowly beat in the eggs until the mixture has become smooth..
4. Then add all the remaining ingredients to the mixture and stir well..
5. Transfer the mixture to the cake tin..
6. Transfer to the preheated oven and bake for 60 minute to 70 minutes..
7. To test if the cake batter is cooked stick a skewer in the middle of the cake, if the skewer comes out clean its done..
8. Allow to stand for 20-30 minutes in the tin. Then transfer to a cooling rack..
9. Enjoy with your coffee or tea..