Description
Celebrate the holiday season with this classic Christmas Fruit Cake recipe. Filled with a mix of dried fruits, nuts, and warm spices, this festive treat is perfect for sharing with loved ones.
Ingredients
Mixed Dried Fruits:
2 cups (raisins, currants, chopped dates, dried cranberries)
Candied Cherries:
1/2 cup, chopped
Nuts:
1/2 cup, chopped (walnuts or pecans)
Orange Juice or Dark Rum:
1/2 cup
All-Purpose Flour:
1 1/4 cups
Baking Powder:
1/2 teaspoon
Ground Cinnamon:
1/2 teaspoon
Ground Nutmeg:
1/4 teaspoon
Ground Allspice:
1/4 teaspoon
Salt:
1/4 teaspoon
Unsalted Butter:
1/2 cup, softened
Brown Sugar:
1/2 cup
Eggs:
2 large
Vanilla Extract:
1 teaspoon
Orange Zest:
Zest of 1 orange
Instructions
- Prep the Fruit: Combine dried fruits, cherries, and nuts. Add orange juice or rum, stir, cover, and soak for 2 hours or overnight.
- Prepare the Batter: Preheat oven. Grease and line loaf pan. Whisk dry ingredients. Cream butter and sugar, beat in eggs, vanilla, and zest. Mix in dry ingredients and fruit mixture.
- Bake: Pour batter into pan, bake for 75–90 minutes at 300°F (150°C). Cool before serving.
Notes
- Enhance flavor by brushing cake with rum or brandy weekly and storing tightly wrapped in foil.
- Best enjoyed after aging for 1–2 weeks.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes (plus soaking time)
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 24 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg
