Christmas fruit cake
Christmas fruit cake

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, christmas fruit cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

It's a shame that fruitcake as a species gets such a bad rap. With its two key ingredients–rum and butter–it ought to be a hit. These Christmas fruitcake recipes will have you thinking about holiday desserts in a whole new Forget everything you thought you felt about fruitcake.

Christmas fruit cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Christmas fruit cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have christmas fruit cake using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Christmas fruit cake:
  1. Take 1/2 -kg mixed raisins and sultanas
  2. Prepare 1 cup glace cherries (green and red)
  3. Take 1/2 -cup mixed dried peels
  4. Get 3/4 -cup brandy
  5. Make ready 1 cup sugar
  6. Make ready 1/4 -kg butter or margarine
  7. Get 4 eggs
  8. Get 1 1/2 - cups plain flour
  9. Get 1/2 cup self-raising flour
  10. Make ready 1 tbsp ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg mix

Moist Christmas Fruit Cake - super flavorful fruit cake recipe that is moist and sure to please this holiday season, get the recipe. Fruit cake with step by step photos. A classic Christmas fruit cake, the English style is indeed a nice kind of cake to have for the holidays. If it wasn't this huge drawback of having to make it so much in advance and then think about wrapping.

Steps to make Christmas fruit cake:
    1. In a bowl, mix the raisins, sultanas, cherries and mixed peel with brandy. Cover and set aside for three hours at room temperature.
  2. Pre-heat the oven to Gas mark 3. Prepare a cake tin by greasing and dusting lightly with flour or by lining it with parchment.
  3. Cream the sugar and butter/margarine in a bowl until light and creamy. Beat in the eggs gradually. Place in a large mixing bowl. Add the fruits and brandy mixture. Gently fold in the flour and spices.
  4. Pour the mixture into the cake tin. Place in the oven and bake for three hours or until it is firm to the touch and golden brown. Allow it to cool completely in the cake tin before turning it out. Slice and serve with a dollop of fresh cream.
  5. COOKING TIPS: -Using unsalted butter gives your cake a professional taste. -The Christmas fruit cake can be stored for up to 3 months. -Do not over beat the ingredients at any stage, to prevent the cake from becoming rubbery.
  6. Facebook: Irene Njoroge cooking tips

Bake this festive fruit cake in advance of Christmas and feed it regularly with rum, brandy or whisky to build the flavour and keep it moist. Try sponge instead of fruit cake this Christmas. Fruit cake is a traditional Christmas cake recipe loaded with dry fruits with a hint of rum flavor. Fruit cake recipe also tastes mildly flavorful with spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves. The fruits get soaked in the hot water and turn soft.

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