Christmas fruit cake
Christmas fruit cake

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, christmas fruit cake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Christmas fruit cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Christmas fruit cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

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.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must 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. Make ready 1/2 -kg mixed raisins and sultanas
  2. Take 1 cup glace cherries (green and red)
  3. Take 1/2 -cup mixed dried peels
  4. Make ready 3/4 -cup brandy
  5. Prepare 1 cup sugar
  6. Take 1/4 -kg butter or margarine
  7. Prepare 4 eggs
  8. Get 1 1/2 - cups plain flour
  9. Make ready 1/2 cup self-raising flour
  10. Make ready 1 tbsp ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg mix

Although we were sceptical of any fruit cake recipe, we found this to be a wonderful cake that we modified with excellent results. Fruit cake with step by step photos. This fruit Cake has a wonderful fragrant aroma and is light I have had so many versions of the christmas fruit cakes by now and most of the ones that were. Christmas Fruit Cake is a traditional rich and moist cake with brandy & loaded with dried fruits and nuts.

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.
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Fruit cakes have been a traditional part of any Christmas menu. 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. Moist Christmas Fruit Cake - super flavorful fruit cake recipe that is moist and sure to please this holiday season, get the recipe. 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.

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