Tutti Frutti Cake/Tutti Frutti Cake recipe with eggs

Tutti Frutti Cake is one of most popular tea time cake especially in India. We all do have fond childhood memories with Tutti frutti cake.Soft and studded with Tutti frutti/Candied peels this delicious tea time cakes were very popular and served as snack .Tutti Frutti Cake makes the best tea time cake and can be served as snack too . Enjoyed by Kids and adults alike this tutti frutti cake happens to be  a favourite of many .

Tutti frutti cake has the correct sweetness and is soft, spongy with delicious flavours and a lovely crumb. I love my tutti frutti cake  with little dry fruits ,finely chopped raisins and cashews give this tutti frutti cake a lovely flavour .

Ingredients:

1 cup all purpose flour/maida  

1/2  cup tutti frutti/candied peels 
10-12 cashews chopped finely 
1 tbsp raisins chopped finely 
1/2 cup/113 gm  butter softened 
1 cup sugar (powdered)
2 eggs plus 1 egg yolk *
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp strawberry or pineapple essence 

1 tsp vanilla essence 

2 tbsp milk 

Method:

• Pre heat the oven at 180 degree celsius for 10 min
• Sift the flour .baking powder together and keep aside.
• Dust the tutti frutti and nuts with 1 tbsp flour and keep aside .
• Grease the cake tin and line it with parchment/butter paper.
• In a bowl using a whisk,hand beater beat the butter and sugar till creamy.

• Add in egg one at a time  and beat well till pale, light and fluffy 
• Add in the essence and mix well.
• Mix in milk and whisk to combine. 
• 
  Now fold in the sifted flour and mix well with a spatula .
• Then add the tutti frutti and chopped dry fruits and mix.
• Pour the batter in prepared cake tin and bake at 180 degree Celsius for 45-50 min or till toothpick/skewer inserted comes clean.
• Allow the cake to cool in the baking tray for  15 minutes. 
• Unmould the cake on the wire rack after 15  to 20 minutes.
• Let it cool completely before cutting.

notes

I have used 2 eggs and 1 yolk ,you can skip the yolk and add 1 tbsp milk powder instead with the flour.

Dust the raisins,cashews and tutti frutti with flour .

for eggless version of this tutti frutti cake check my post here

You can use 1 1/2 tsp vanilla essence alone and skip the pineapple/strawberry essence. 

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