Christmas fruit cake
Christmas fruit cake

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

Christmas fruit cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Christmas fruit cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

In a large bowl, combine the nuts, dates and cherries. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; add to nut mixture, stirring until nuts and fruit are well coated. The traditionalists out there will enjoy the old English fruitcake, brandied fruitcake, and citrus fruitcake to go with Christmas dinner.

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

Though I am sure that I have had Christmas fruit cake before I did not really remember it. Given that and the controversy around fruit cake when I saw some posts about Christmas cake I knew that I would have to try making one to find out. All of the recipes that I saw called for making the cake a few weeks ahead of time to let it mature. And here's how the making part goes down.

Instructions 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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The key step that makes this so much faster to make than other fruit cakes is the fruit soaking step. Most recipes call for dried fruit to be soaked overnight. A very very rich fruitcake.perfect for Christmas, just remember, the longer it sits in the tin, the tastier it will be. Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without a fruit cake! This is a simple, dense, rich and fruity cake that's easy to make.

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