Spiced Fruit Cakelets

Jakarta is unusual pretty cold!
It rains almost everyday.
I'm not kind of person who likes to complain about weather.
I always try to enjoy whatever the weather is...
But unfortunately for many times I have to cancel my plan to exercise; walking or jogging. Really disappointing, when you're so ready with complete attire and suddenly we have to cancel it.
...so let me spend more time for blogging then.

Situ Lembang, West Java

Last weekend, I had a chance to visit Situ Lembang lake, near Bandung in West Java. It's about 3 hours journey from our home in South Jakarta. I didn't know this place before, not even have heard about it. Until last week, my husband asked me to accompany him for an event in that area. After listening to his promotion about this area; the lake, the beautiful pine forest, the cold weather (bonus : clean air), and the activity (hiking! I love this one)... I'm so happy to accompany him.

Situ Lembang, West Java

Arriving to this 'not open for public' area, my body was a bit shock with the weather.
Fog, rain, and wind were welcoming us. It was very-very cold, especially when the wind was blowing hardly.
Located 1.567m ASL, between two famous mountain, Mount Tangkuban Parahu and Mount Burangrang, this 'military area' is in naturally well maintained.

Situ Lembang, West Java

Well, I hope from the pictures above you can feel and imagine the place that I visited last weekend.
More picture you can see here.

Now, continuing my story about food, this time I'll share about a little fruit cake that I baked last month.
The idea for choosing the recipe was still the same with those previous recipes; fruits and spices on the ingredient list.

Spiced Fruit Cakelets

Spiced Fruit Cakelets

And ...the warm spices; cinnamon and nutmeg, that's combined with raisins, dry cranberries, cashew and touched with the strong aroma of Myers's rum, really made our afternoon so beautiful and full of joy.
I took the pictures while the little hands couldn't wait to grab the cakes.

My daughter and I tried hard to remember about the other dessert that we tried sometime in the past that has similar flavor with this cakelets. Unfortunately, until the little cakes were finished, I had no clue about it.

Baking this little cake make me believe that even the easy and simple recipe can produce homemade delicious food for family. This pretty little cakes blow the festive aroma hardly in our home.

Spiced Fruit Cakelets

Spiced Fruit Cakelets

Spiced Fruit Cakelets
source : Appetite Magazine, November 2010
Ingredients:
120 gr flour
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp baking soda
A pinch of salt
120 gr butter
60 gr dark brown sugar
1 large egg
50 ml dark rum
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbsp dark corn syrup
80 gr mixed fruit
30 gr candied lemon peel (I skipped)
30 gr almond, coarsely chopped (I used chopped cashew)
Icing sugar for dusting


Spiced Fruit Cakelets

Spiced Fruit Cakelets

Method :
1. Combine flour, spices, baking soda and salt in a bowl and mix. Set aside.
2. Place butter and sugar in another bowl and cream until light and fluffy.
3. Mix egg, rum, milk, vanilla and dark syrup until smooth.
4. Add flour mixture and combine well, then add the mixed fruit, lemon and almonds.
5. Spoon teaspoonful of cake mixture and place in mini muffin pan. Bake for 10 minutes at 175 C.
6. Dust over with icing sugar and serve.

Spiced Fruit Cakelets

Have a nice weekend.

Comments

Anonymous said…
allo,

hutan di Situ Lembang itu dibuka buat semua orang/harus ijin dulu kalo mau kesana? love the pics, btw, kena banjir ga Mbak Vania? moga ga yach..
Unknown said…
That sounds delicious! Gonna try the recipe next weekend :)
Laura said…
Hello! My name is Laura, I am Spanish and I have a cooking blog! I was curious to other blogs from other countries and see .. have come here! I love the recipe looks delicious and I'm sure that will realize!
I like the pictures, I think they are beautiful :)

Sorry for my English! regards
Anonymous said…
Sya penggemar berat blognya mbak vania.every recipe taste delicious n the picture successfully make me drooling.oya mbak dark corn syrup ini bs diganti apa ya?
Louise Johnston said…
Whatta great weekend you have! I love everything, especially the food and the delicious recipes you share. I love the creativity on making pancakes. Thanks much for sharing, I'm gonna try this at home. cheap flights to Morocco
Anonymous said…
hey this images are very nice to see.after showing that spices,i wanna eager to know the details of other healthy spices also.
thanks to share that information.i m happy

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