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Fruit cake / Christmas cake. Fresh Fruit Cake. "This cake is a great way to use fresh fruit in the summer, and dried fruit for the holidays. You can use only one kind of fruit, or mix different fruits together for a fruit salad effect. Serve this cake accompanied with whipped cream or a scoop or vanilla ice cream, and I am sure you will love it!".

Fruit cake / Christmas cake 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.

Hey everyone, hope you're having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, fruit cake / christmas cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Fruit cake / Christmas cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It's appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it's quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Fruit cake / Christmas cake is something which I've loved my whole life.

Fresh Fruit Cake. "This cake is a great way to use fresh fruit in the summer, and dried fruit for the holidays. You can use only one kind of fruit, or mix different fruits together for a fruit salad effect. Serve this cake accompanied with whipped cream or a scoop or vanilla ice cream, and I am sure you will love it!".

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have fruit cake / christmas cake using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

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

The cakes are done when a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove the cakes from the oven. This cake is a rich, dark, moist fruit cake, very flavorful at Christmas. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch.

Steps 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 😋.

This recipe is started in October or November so as to let it mellow before the holidays. I remember very well my mother storing her fruit cake in an old butter churn that belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother. 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. Most recipes call for dried fruit to be soaked overnight.

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