Gateau Mes Amours (Lovers Cake)

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Butter or margarine
		Eggs - large
5 teaspoons	25ml	Baking powder
2/3 cup	157ml	Milk
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Almond extract
2/3 cup	131g / 4.6oz	Sugar
1 1/2 cups	93g / 3.3oz	All-purpose flour
1/2 cup	118ml	Toasted wheat germ
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla
		Rind of half a lemon - grated
2 cups	292g / 10oz	Dried fruit such as apricots, dates, prunes chopped
2 tablespoons	30ml	Flour for dredging fruit
		Icing sugar for dusting

Recipe Instructions

In bowl, cream butter with sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time until incorporated.

In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder and wheat germ.

Combine milk with vanilla, almond extract and lemon rind. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternating with milk until combined. Fold in flavored dried fruits. Spoon batter into a well-buttered and floured 2-quart tube pan.

Bake in a preheated 350'F. oven for 1 hour or until tester inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes, then turn out cake and let cool on rack.

Source:
Great American Home Baking

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