EASY CHRISTMAS FRUITCAKE RECIPE
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.
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
- 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.
Notes
- When using a dark pan, reduce your oven to 325° F (160° C).
- You can also freeze this fruitcake.