Recipe of Ultimate Fruit cake / Christmas cake

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Fruit cake / Christmas cake Serve this cake accompanied with whipped cream or a scoop or vanilla ice cream, and I am sure you will love it!". And here's how the making part goes down. The key step that makes this so much faster to make than other fruit cakes is the fruit soaking step.

Hello everybody, it's Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, fruit cake / christmas cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I'm gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Fruit cake / Christmas cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It's appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it's quick, it tastes delicious. Fruit cake / Christmas cake is something which I've loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook fruit cake / christmas cake using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Fruit cake / Christmas cake:

Get 1 kg of dried fruit - a mix of raisins, sultanas, prunes, figs, cherries, cranberries.
Make ready of Zest and juice of 1 orange.
Make ready of Zest and juice of 1 (unwaxed) lemon (use 2 if they are small/ medium sized).
Take 150 ml of strong black tea + a few more spoonfuls for ‘feeding’.
Get 250 g of butter.
Get 100 g of light brown sugar.
Take 175 g of plain flour.
Make ready 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
Get 100 g of ground almonds.
Make ready 100 g of flaked almonds.
Make ready 75-100 g of walnut pieces.
Prepare 2 tsp of mixed spice.
Make ready 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground cloves.
Make ready 4 of large eggs.
Make ready 1 tsp of vanilla extract.

Most recipes call for dried fruit to be soaked overnight. Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a bowl. Mix the butter, sugar, jam and molasses in a bowl. In a small bowl, beat eggs until foamy; stir in vanilla.

Instructions to make Fruit cake / Christmas cake:

Prepare the tin. Use a 20cm cake tin and double line with baking paper. Then line the outside too..
In a large heavy pan, put the fruits, lemon and orange zest and juice, the tea, the butter and the sugar. Heat on medium until boiling. Lower the heat, cover and simmer for 5 mins..
Leave the fruit mix to cool. Quickest way is to empty the pan onto a roasting tray or you can also put in a bowl..
Preheat oven to 150C..
In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients..
Add the fruit and eggs and vanilla. Stir until well combined..
Pour the mix into the cake tin. Smooth the top. Cook for about 2 hours..
When the cake is ready, use a skewer to make a few holes in the top. Spoon in about 3 tbsp of black tea (this is ‘feeding’ the cake). Leave to cool..
Enjoy 😋.

Fold into nut mixture and mix well. Pangiallo laziale (Italian Christmas Cakes) Pangiallo is a traditional Italian Christmas cake, originally from Rome. Dried fruits and nuts are mixed with oil, wine, and flour to create a humble yet tasty treat that is vegan to boot! Wrap in cellophane or Christmas paper and give as gifts to friends and family. This cake is a rich, dark, moist fruit cake, very flavorful at Christmas.

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