Recipe of Ultimate Fruit cake / Christmas cake

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, fruit cake / christmas cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Fruit cake / Christmas cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Fruit cake / Christmas cake is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to 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:

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

Instructions to make Fruit cake / Christmas cake:

1. Prepare the tin. Use a 20cm cake tin and double line with baking paper. Then line the outside too.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Preheat oven to 150C.
5. In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients.
6. Add the fruit and eggs and vanilla. Stir until well combined.
7. Pour the mix into the cake tin. Smooth the top. Cook for about 2 hours.
8. 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.
9. Enjoy 😋

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