Christmas Fruit Cake

Servings: 36

Preparation duration: -1 minutes

Cooking duration: -1 minutes

 

Ingredients:

250 grams Butter

125 grams Sugar

4 Eggs

200 grams Plain flour (sifted with baking powder)

1/2 teaspoon Baking powder

1/2 teaspoon Mixed spice

500 grams Mixed dried fruit

100 grams Pitted prune- cut to small pieces

100 grams Walnut- chop to small pieces

2 tablespoons Rum

2 tablespoons Orange juice

1 Orange zest from orange

1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Line a 8" square cake tin with layers of parchment paper, bottom and sides of cake tin

Line a 8" square cake tin with layers of parchment paper, bottom and sides of cake tin

Equipment:

baking paper

cake form

bowl

spatula

oven

aluminum foil

Cooking instruction summary:

Ingredients: Line a 8" square cake tin with two layers of parchment paper, bottom and sides of cake tin G Butter G Sugar Eggs G Plain flour (sifted with baking powder) Tsp Baking powder Tsp Mixed spice G Mixed dried fruit G Pitted prune - cut to small pieces G Walnut - chop to small pieces Tbsp Rum Tbsp Orange juice Orange zest from one orange Tsp Vanilla extract Method: In a large bowl add mixed dried fruit and pitted prune together with 8 tbsp of rum and mix well, cover with cling wrap until next day. Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy, slowly add in rum, orange juice, orange zest and vanilla extract, mix well. Add eggs, one at a time and scrape bowl. Add 1/4 portion of flour to the mixed dried fruit. Slowly add 3/4 portion of flour and mixed spice to butter mixture, mix well. Stop machine. Pour in mixed dried fruit and chopped walnut, mix well with a rubber spatula then pour into cake tin. Bang tin on table once to settle the content. Bake at preheated oven at 160C for 1 1/2 hour. **After about 30-40 mins when the cake starts to turn brown, cover cake with foil loosely on top and continue baking. Pour 3-4 tbsp of rum on to Fruit Cake as soon as it comes from the oven. Leave cake to cool, turn out from cake tin and wrap with cling wrap and store in the fridge. Pour 2-3 tbsp of rum on cake every three days until it is ready to serve or giveaway as Christmas gift.

 

Step by step:


1. Ingredients: Line a 8" square cake tin with two layers of parchment paper, bottom and sides of cake tin

2. G Butter

3. G Sugar

4. Eggs

5. G Plain flour (sifted with baking powder)

6. Tsp Baking powder

7. Tsp

8. Mixed spice

9. Mixed dried fruit

10. G Pitted prune - cut to small pieces

11. G Walnut - chop to small pieces

12. Tbsp Rum

13. Tbsp Orange juice

14. Orange zest from one orange

15. Tsp Vanilla extract

16. In a large bowl add mixed dried fruit and pitted prune together with 8 tbsp of rum and mix well, cover with cling wrap until next day.

17. Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy, slowly add in rum, orange juice, orange zest and vanilla extract, mix well.

18. Add eggs, one at a time and scrape bowl.

19. Add 1/4 portion of flour to the mixed dried fruit. Slowly add 3/4 portion of flour and mixed spice to butter mixture, mix well. Stop machine.

20. Pour in mixed dried fruit and chopped walnut, mix well with a rubber spatula then pour into cake tin. Bang tin on table once to settle the content.

21. Bake at preheated oven at 160C for 1 1/2 hour. **After about 30-40 mins when the cake starts to turn brown, cover cake with foil loosely on top and continue baking.

22. Pour 3-4 tbsp of rum on to Fruit Cake as soon as it comes from the oven.

23. Leave cake to cool, turn out from cake tin and wrap with cling wrap and store in the fridge.

24. Pour 2-3 tbsp of rum on cake every three days until it is ready to serve or giveaway as Christmas gift.


Nutrition Information:

Quickview
135 Calories
1g Protein
8g Total Fat
16g Carbs
1% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
135k
7%

Fat
8g
12%

  Saturated Fat
3g
24%

Carbohydrates
16g
5%

  Sugar
11g
13%

Cholesterol
33mg
11%

Sodium
647mg
28%

Alcohol
0.32g
2%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
1g
3%

Calcium
361mg
36%

Phosphorus
155mg
16%

Manganese
0.18mg
9%

Fiber
1g
7%

Iron
1mg
6%

Copper
0.1mg
5%

Vitamin A
226IU
5%

Magnesium
17mg
4%

Vitamin K
4µg
4%

Potassium
139mg
4%

Vitamin B2
0.05mg
3%

Selenium
1µg
3%

Vitamin B6
0.05mg
2%

Vitamin E
0.3mg
2%

Vitamin B1
0.03mg
2%

Zinc
0.26mg
2%

Folate
6µg
2%

Vitamin B5
0.17mg
2%

Vitamin C
1mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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