Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, christmas fruitcake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Christmas Fruitcake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Christmas Fruitcake is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook christmas fruitcake using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Christmas Fruitcake:

1. Make ready 500-700 g mixed dry fruits (raisins, sultanas, currants, chopped dates)
2. Get 100 ml premier brandy
3. Prepare 250 g softened butter
4. Prepare 250 g brown sugar or 200g Demerara sugar
5. Make ready 4 large eggs at room temperature
6. Get 1 tsp blackjack/treacle or more for a darker color
7. Prepare 250 g self-rising flour
8. Take 1 tsp cinnamon powder
9. Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
10. Get 1/2 tsp nutmeg
11. Get 1 tsp ginger powder
12. Make ready 1/2 tsp mixed spice

Steps to make Christmas Fruitcake:

1. Soak mixed fruits in brandy for a minimum of 24hrs i.e. you could soak longer to about a week, stir every few days for even distribution of the alcohol. The idea is for the fruits to suck in all the liquid
2. Preheat oven between 130C to 140C. Line an 8” round pan with doubled layered parchment paper at the bottom and on the sides. Set aside
3. Cream butter and sugar until light, airy, and almost doubled in volume (about 10minutes of heavy beating on a stand mixer). Beat in the eggs, one at a time and ensuring a thorough mix between each addition. Beat in the treacle
4. Sift together all the dry ingredients then FOLD into the creamed mixture until fully incorporated. However, do not over-mix
5. Stir the fruits into the cake mixture. Transfer into the baking tin and bake for 2hrs or until skewer poked through comes out clean or with a few dry crumbs. Once baked, poke holes into the cake let cool in pan on a wire rack for 20minutes to allow the cake to firm up and hold shape
6. Once out of the pan, feed the cake with brandy by pouring spoonfuls all over the top and brushing the sides (you need about 3 to 4 tablespoons for this size). For storage, keep it wrapped in layers of cling wrap and foil to retain it’s moisture. Repeat the feeding once every week and stop feeding a week prior to when the cake will be served
7. Decorate with fondant or leave as is. Enjoy!

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