Christmas fruit cake is the best holiday treat, which everyone loves from a kid to an adult. No Christmas can feel complete without a Christmas fruit cake. This recipe will impress the crowd at your table in just no time. Christmas cakes are filled with fruits, butter, sugar, spice, and plenty of booze featuring prominently in the list of various elements. Generally, fruit cake is not hard to make but it is quite a process. Let’s get into the recipe for this delicious treat without wasting any time.
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Ingredients for making Christmas Fruit Cake
Soaked Fruit
- 300g / 10 oz raisins
- 150g / 5 oz dried apricots
- 75g / 2.5 oz mixed peel
- 150g / 5 oz dried cherries, dried cranberries
- 180g / 6 oz dates
- 1 cup + 2 tbsp apple juice, OR 1/4 cup dark rum
Fruitcake
- cooking spray
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ¼ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ cup unsulfured molasses
- 2 tablespoons milk
- ¼ cup chopped pecans
- 6 tablespoons dark rum, or more as needed
Steps to make Christmas Fruit Cake
Soaked Fruit:
- First of all, soak all the dried fruits in a medium size bowl.
- Place the dried raisins, apricots, cherries, cranberries, mango, and dates and stir to combine.
- Pour in apple juice or dark rum whatever you like, and mix it all together.
- Cover the lid tightly, and store the bowl at room temperature for at least 24 hours.
Fruitcake:
- Now, preheat the oven to 160°C.
- Grease a round cake pan with the cooking spray and place the 6-inch parchment paper on the bottom of the pan.
- Take a large bowl. Beat butter, and brown sugar until they are creamy and smooth.
- Beat in 1 egg also, if you wish to add.
- Add oil and molasses and beat until it is combined properly.
- Now add the spices, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda- beating until just incorporated.
- Stir the flour into the batter.
- When completely incorporated, stir in the soaked fruits and walnuts too.
- Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour.
- Before removing the cake, check that a toothpick inserted into the middle should come out clean.
- Remove the fruitcake from the oven and cool it for 10 minutes before transferring it to the cooling rack. Cool completely before serving.
- The cake is humid and so appetizing, it can be feasted plain or you can even decorate it.
Nutrition Value
- Calories: 388cal (19%)
- Carbohydrates: 64g (21%)
- Protein: 4g (8%)
- Fat: 15g (23%)
- Saturated Fat: 9g (56%)
- Cholesterol: 38mg (13%)
- Fiber: 3g (13%)
- Sugar: 37g (41%)
- Calcium: 50mg (5%)
- Iron: 2mg (11%)
Tips and Notes!
Cutting: Either cut into thin wedges or cut the cake into thin strips, then cut those strips into serving-size pieces.
Freeze: You can easily freeze this fruitcake for as much time as you want. Just wrap it tightly in one layer of storage wrap, then add another layer of aluminum foil. You can even freeze it for up to 1 year. Thaw in the fridge.
Store: You can even store this mouthwatering fruitcake in an air-tight container at room temperature, preferably in a shady place, for at least 10 weeks. If you intend to age this cake for a longer period, you’ll need to grease the cake again. But you have to moisten it with additional rum for every 10 weeks of storage.
Conclusion
You can easily prepare this luscious cake to make your Christmas evening more amazing. In case you want to have some dessert along with your main course menu then also you can just make it. This cake is considered one of the tastiest cakes that can be baked at home with no more difficult procedure. You just need to collect some of the ingredients and follow the simple steps. So there you go enjoying the delicious cake sitting on your couch.
