Fruit cake / Christmas cake
Fruit cake / Christmas cake

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, fruit cake / christmas cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Fresh Fruit Cake. "This cake is a great way to use fresh fruit in the summer, and dried fruit for the holidays. You can use only one kind of fruit, or mix different fruits together for a fruit salad effect. Serve this cake accompanied with whipped cream or a scoop or vanilla ice cream, and I am sure you will love it!". In a small bowl, beat eggs until foamy; stir in vanilla.

Fruit cake / Christmas cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Fruit cake / Christmas cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook fruit cake / christmas cake using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Fruit cake / Christmas cake:
  1. Prepare 1 kg dried fruit - a mix of raisins, sultanas, prunes, figs, cherries, cranberries
  2. Take Zest and juice of 1 orange
  3. Prepare Zest and juice of 1 (unwaxed) lemon (use 2 if they are small/ medium sized)
  4. Make ready 150 ml strong black tea + a few more spoonfuls for ‘feeding’
  5. Take 250 g butter
  6. Take 100 g light brown sugar
  7. Make ready 175 g plain flour
  8. Make ready 1/2 tsp baking powder
  9. Make ready 100 g ground almonds
  10. Prepare 100 g flaked almonds
  11. Make ready 75-100 g walnut pieces
  12. Take 2 tsp mixed spice
  13. Prepare 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  14. Prepare 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  15. Get 4 large eggs
  16. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract

The cakes are done when a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove the cakes from the oven. This cake is a rich, dark, moist fruit cake, very flavorful at Christmas. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch.

Steps to make Fruit cake / Christmas cake:
  1. Prepare the tin. Use a 20cm cake tin and double line with baking paper. Then line the outside too.
  2. In a large heavy pan, put the fruits, lemon and orange zest and juice, the tea, the butter and the sugar. Heat on medium until boiling. Lower the heat, cover and simmer for 5 mins.
  3. Leave the fruit mix to cool. Quickest way is to empty the pan onto a roasting tray or you can also put in a bowl.
  4. Preheat oven to 150C.
  5. In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients.
  6. Add the fruit and eggs and vanilla. Stir until well combined.
  7. Pour the mix into the cake tin. Smooth the top. Cook for about 2 hours.
  8. When the cake is ready, use a skewer to make a few holes in the top. Spoon in about 3 tbsp of black tea (this is ‘feeding’ the cake). Leave to cool.
  9. Enjoy 😋
  10. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

This cake is a rich, dark, moist fruit cake, very flavorful at Christmas. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch. This recipe is started in October or November so as to let it mellow before the holidays. I remember very well my mother storing her fruit cake in an old butter churn that belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother. And here's how the making part goes down.

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