Cream Cheese and Mixed Fruits Butter Cake

This is one of the cake which I have book-marked for the longest time I can remember when I first started blogging.  This was seen at Aunty Yochana's blog.  I held back baking cos I would have to search for a recipe that use 125g of cream cheese.  I managed to get this cake out while I did the blueberry coffee cake the other week.  Perfect clear the cream cheese and clear the balance mixed fruits.... yeah!

I love especially the mixed fruits which have been soaked overnight in brandy.  Am I an alcoholic?  Of course I am not but I just love that extra fragrance from the brandy and like that combination of butter with cream cheese.

Recipe source: Aunty Yochana
Ingredients:

125 gm. Butter
125 gm. cream cheese
185 castor sugar
3 eggs (size B)
200 gm. Cake flour ) sifted together
1 tsp. baking powder )

150 gm. Mixed fruits - soaked overnight with 2 Tbsp. Rum/brandy/Kirsch
50 gm. Chopped walnuts
5 nos. green Cherries - diced (I omitted)

Method:

(1) Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar together till creamy.

(2) Add in eggs one at a time, beat well after each addition to prevent curdling.

(3) Mix 2 Tbsp. of the sifted flour with the mixed fruits to prevent the fruits from sinking.

(4) Fold in sifted flour and then add in the mixed fruits, green cherries and walnuts.

(5) Pour mixture into a 7" square tin and bake in preheated oven at 175C for about 45 mins. or until cooked.

(6) Remove from oven and leave to cool on the wire rack.