Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, fruit cake / christmas cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look 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 favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Fruit cake / Christmas cake is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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:
- Get 1 kg dried fruit - a mix of raisins, sultanas, prunes, figs, cherries, cranberries
- Get Zest and juice of 1 orange
- Make ready Zest and juice of 1 (unwaxed) lemon (use 2 if they are small/ medium sized)
- Make ready 150 ml strong black tea + a few more spoonfuls for ‘feeding’
- Take 250 g butter
- Make ready 100 g light brown sugar
- Take 175 g plain flour
- Take 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Get 100 g ground almonds
- Get 100 g flaked almonds
- Prepare 75-100 g walnut pieces
- Make ready 2 tsp mixed spice
- Take 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- Get 4 large eggs
- Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
Most recipes call for dried fruit to be soaked overnight. Pangiallo laziale (Italian Christmas Cakes) Pangiallo is a traditional Italian Christmas cake, originally from Rome. Dried fruits and nuts are mixed with oil, wine, and flour to create a humble yet tasty treat that is vegan to boot! Wrap in cellophane or Christmas paper and give as gifts to friends and family.
Steps to make Fruit cake / Christmas cake:
- Prepare the tin. Use a 20cm cake tin and double line with baking paper. Then line the outside too.
- 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.
- 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.
- Preheat oven to 150C.
- In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients.
- Add the fruit and eggs and vanilla. Stir until well combined.
- Pour the mix into the cake tin. Smooth the top. Cook for about 2 hours.
- 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.
- Enjoy 😋
- Ready to serve and ENJOY!
Dried fruits and nuts are mixed with oil, wine, and flour to create a humble yet tasty treat that is vegan to boot! Wrap in cellophane or Christmas paper and give as gifts to friends and family. Top this amaretto-flavored fruitcake with a jam glaze or a thick layer of royal icing for a beautiful finish. Get the recipe at Something Sweet Something Savoury. Cover the top with foil and fold on the sides to protect the top of the cake from excess heat.
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