Recipe of Homemade Christmas fruit cake

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, christmas fruit cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Christmas fruit cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Christmas fruit cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook christmas fruit cake using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Christmas fruit cake:

1. Make ready 1/2 -kg mixed raisins and sultanas
2. Get 1 cup glace cherries (green and red)
3. Make ready 1/2 -cup mixed dried peels
4. Take 3/4 -cup brandy
5. Prepare 1 cup sugar
6. Take 1/4 -kg butter or margarine
7. Prepare 4 eggs
8. Get 1 1/2 - cups plain flour
9. Take 1/2 cup self-raising flour
10. Make ready 1 tbsp ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg mix

Instructions to make Christmas fruit cake:

1. 1. In a bowl, mix the raisins, sultanas, cherries and mixed peel with brandy. Cover and set aside for three hours at room temperature.
2. Pre-heat the oven to Gas mark 3. Prepare a cake tin by greasing and dusting lightly with flour or by lining it with parchment.
3. Cream the sugar and butter/margarine in a bowl until light and creamy. Beat in the eggs gradually. Place in a large mixing bowl. Add the fruits and brandy mixture. Gently fold in the flour and spices.
4. Pour the mixture into the cake tin. Place in the oven and bake for three hours or until it is firm to the touch and golden brown. Allow it to cool completely in the cake tin before turning it out. Slice and serve with a dollop of fresh cream.
5. COOKING TIPS: -Using unsalted butter gives your cake a professional taste. -The Christmas fruit cake can be stored for up to 3 months. -Do not over beat the ingredients at any stage, to prevent the cake from becoming rubbery.
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