Wine Cake
A soft and delicious Colombian wine cake made that is totally perfect for a tea time party.
Ingredients
- 1 cup prunes pitted and chopped
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup red wine
For cake
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- a pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoon dark molasses
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 2 tablespoon water optional
Instructions
- A week before making the cake soak the prunes and raisins into the wine in a glass container
- When making the cake preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 8" cake tin with butter and dust with flour.
- In a mixing bowl sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Stir all ingredients together.
- In another bowl whisk together oil and sugar until creamy. Stir in vanilla, juice and molasses and mix well.
- Add the soaked fruits along with wine into the molasses mixture.
- Add the flour mixture into the wet ingredients in two batches and fold in all ingredients together. If the batter seems dry add two tablespoons of water.
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin. Bake in preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted come out clean.
- Remove the cake from oven and let it cool in the pan. Drizzle more wine on top of the cake. Cover with cling wrap before serving.
- Slice and serve. Store the leftover cake in refrigerator.
Notes
For better results soak the fruits in wine a day before making the cake.
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