EASY CHRISTMAS FRUITCAKE RECIPE
Farrukh
Fruit cake recipe for Christmas season and soon this year will be over and a new chapter of our lives will unfold. But for now what to do to take your mind off 2021…. Well, you can cook, it’s time-consuming and also has a delicious outcome. So here’s a little something you can cook, A Christmas fruit cake recipe.
Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 1
Calories 324 kcal
- 1 cup (240 ml) water
- 1 cup (200 grams) light brown sugar firmly pressed in the cup
- ¼ cup (55 grams) diced butter
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ - ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon (2 grams) fine kosher salt or coarse sea salt
- 2 cups (300 grams) dark or golden seedless raisins, currants, and driedcranberries (optional)
- 2 large, lightly beaten eggs
- 1 ½ cups (195 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon (4 grams) baking soda
- 1 teaspoon (4 grams) pure vanilla extract (optional)
- 1 cup (150 grams) chopped mixed peel
Boil the water with the sugar, butter, spices, and the dried fruit for 5minutes, then let it cool till its slightly warm.
While the mixture is cooling, heat your oven to 350° F (or 180° C).
Butter a loaf pan (8.5×4.5×3 inches or 21.5×11.5×10 cm). Then take aparchment paper and butter it and put it on the bottom of the pan.
When the mixture cools, put in the flour, beaten eggs, vanilla extract (ifusing any), baking soda and the mixed peel and stir it gently.
Now you can pour this mixture into your already prepared pan and smooththe top with the back of a spoon. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes. To check if yourcake is ready, push a toothpick down in the center of the cake if it comes outclean, the fruit cake is ready.
Let it cool for 15 minutes before removing the cake from the pan. It is betterto store it for a few days before serving.
- When using a dark pan, reduce your oven to 325° F (160° C).
- You can also freeze this fruitcake.
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