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Default When Baking A Cake, How Can I Stop The Fruit (in a Christmas Cake)From Falling (Sinking) To

*GED* wrote:
>
> When ever I bake Cakes for my Family,they generally turn out pretty
> good.However there is one thing which (lately) always seems to
> happen.After I have Baked the Cake in the Oven and allowed it to cool
> down,when I cut
> into it the fruit "Always" seems to have "sunk"!?!?!? to the bottom of
> the Cake.I have tried everything I know to prevent this


Could you add the fruit after baking has started,
but before the cake batter has completely lost
its liquid consistency?