Christmas Fruitcake

Hey everyone, it's Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we're going to prepare a distinctive dish, Christmas Fruitcake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Christmas Fruitcake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It's easy, it's quick, it tastes delicious. They're nice and they look fantastic. Christmas Fruitcake is something which I've loved my whole life.

Many things affect the quality of taste from Christmas Fruitcake, starting from the type of ingredients, then the selection of fresh ingredients, the ability to cut dishes to how to make and serve them. Don't worry if you want to prepare Christmas Fruitcake delicious at home, because if you already know the trick then this dish can be used as an extraordinary special treat.

As for the number of servings that can be served to make Christmas Fruitcake is 10 to 12 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

Just in addition, the time it takes to cook Christmas Fruitcake estimated approx 2 hours.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook Christmas Fruitcake using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Every year I plan to gift fruitcake slices for Christmas to family and friends but somehow my husband and I end up eating it all 😂. I hope this year we can do better. This time around I’m using a recipe that requires just 3weeks of prep time so that by the time it’s ready, it’s already Christmas time. I normally would make fruitcake 3 to 4months prior but that clearly hasn’t stayed true to the purpose.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Make ready to make Christmas Fruitcake:

1. 500-700 g mixed dry fruits (raisins, sultanas, currants, chopped dates)
2. 100 ml premier brandy
3. 250 g softened butter
4. 250 g brown sugar or 200g Demerara sugar
5. 4 large eggs at room temperature
6. 1 tsp blackjack/treacle or more for a darker color
7. 250 g self-rising flour
8. 1 tsp cinnamon powder
9. 1/4 tsp salt
10. 1/2 tsp nutmeg
11. 1 tsp ginger powder
12. 1/2 tsp mixed spice

Steps to make to make Christmas Fruitcake

1. Soak mixed fruits in brandy for a minimum of 24hrs i.e. you could soak longer to about a week, stir every few days for even distribution of the alcohol. The idea is for the fruits to suck in all the liquid
2. Preheat oven between 130C to 140C. Line an 8” round pan with doubled layered parchment paper at the bottom and on the sides. Set aside
3. Cream butter and sugar until light, airy, and almost doubled in volume (about 10minutes of heavy beating on a stand mixer). Beat in the eggs, one at a time and ensuring a thorough mix between each addition. Beat in the treacle
4. Sift together all the dry ingredients then FOLD into the creamed mixture until fully incorporated. However, do not over-mix
5. Stir the fruits into the cake mixture. Transfer into the baking tin and bake for 2hrs or until skewer poked through comes out clean or with a few dry crumbs. Once baked, poke holes into the cake let cool in pan on a wire rack for 20minutes to allow the cake to firm up and hold shape
6. Once out of the pan, feed the cake with brandy by pouring spoonfuls all over the top and brushing the sides (you need about 3 to 4 tablespoons for this size). For storage, keep it wrapped in layers of cling wrap and foil to retain it’s moisture. Repeat the feeding once every week and stop feeding a week prior to when the cake will be served
7. Decorate with fondant or leave as is. Enjoy!

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