Christmas Cake Fruit

No creaming beating or soaking of fruit required.

Christmas cake fruit. However the american version of fruitcake often differs significantly from british christmas cake which is typically a moist dense fruitcake draped in fondant and often decorated festively for the holiday season. Put 1kg mixed dried fruit the zest and juice of 1 orange and 1 lemon 150ml brandy or other alcohol 250g softened butter and 200g light soft brown sugar in a large pan set over a medium heat. With its two key ingredients rum and butter it ought to be a hit. Christmas cake and fruitcake often refer to the same thing.

Last week of november and mature it by feeding alcohol once a week until christmas. Soak fruits before three months of christmas i e. First only follow the traditional way. This entire fruit soaking process and christmas fruit cake pudding baking can be done in three ways.

The day before you intend to bake the cake measure out the brandy and port into a large saucepan. First second week of september and bake the cake five weeks before christmas i e. Let it ripen for 10 weeks for best flavor. Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid.

This gives the fruit cake a subtle brandy flavor and a moist texture plus it also allows the fruit cake to be stored for a long time. Then add the cinnamon nutmeg salt dried fruits mixed peel nuts and zest s. I remember the joy while young visiting families or attending christmas fairs where we got to sample numerous slices of the soft. Plus tips on storage and feeding your christmas.

The fun part was baking a cake soaking fruit for christmas cake for the family while at the same time baking a few extra ones to share with others so as to put a much needed smile on someone s face. Fruit cake is a traditional british christmas cake that is full of fruits and nuts and laced with alcohol usually brandy. An easy christmas cake that turns out perfect every time. This recipe includes dried cherries mango cranberries and currants soaked in rum overnight a week or a month or more is even better.

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. Super moist fruit cake recipe for christmas simple and easy boiled fruit cake recipe super moist fruit cake complete written recipe. After it s baked it ages in cheesecloth with additional splashes of rum. And here s how the making part goes down.

A cake with lots of candied dried fruits in them a spicy sweet flavor profile and the presence of an alcohol such as rum.