Christmas Fruit Cake
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5.0
9 reviews
Excellent
Christmas Fruit Cake
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This Christmas Fruit Cake recipe is exactly what you would expect from crowd-pleasing Christmas dessert. It's festive, flavorful and amazingly delicious. Perfect addition to your Christmas menu.
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Ingredients
For the batter
- 2 ¼ c + 3 tbsp all-purpose flour sifted and divided
- 3 c dry fruits raising, apricots, dry cherries, dry cranberries
- 8 oz butter softened
- 1 c sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the sugar glaze
- 1 c powdered sugar sifted
- 3 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon cranberries fresh or frozen for garnish
- 1-2 sprigs rosemary for garnish
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 360 F and line a standard size loaf pan with parchment paper.
- Start off by cutting larger chunks of dry fruits into smaller pieces.
- Sprinkle them with ¼ cup of flour and shake off the excess.
- In a medium bowl combine 2 cups + 3 tablespoons of flour and 2 teaspoons of baking powder.
- In a large bowl add softened butter, sugar, vanilla extract and whisk in eggs, one at a time. It's best to use hand mixer for this.
- With a wooden spoon stir in flour and baking powder mixture.
- Add in dry fruits and mix everything well.
- Pour batter into a loaf pan and bake for 1 hour (depending on your oven this type may vary). On 1 hour mark poke the cake with a wooden toothpick. If it comes out clean, cake is ready. If not - give it another 10 minutes.
- Remove cake from the oven and loaf pan and cool it on a wire rack until it's no longer warm.
To make sugar glaze
- In a medium bowl add powdered sugar. Start whisking in lemon juice one tablespoon at a time. Whisk until no lumps remain and the glaze is thick and smooth. If sugar glaze comes out too liquid, you can add a little more powdered sugar.
- Spoon sugar glaze over the cake, top with cranberries and decorate with rosemary sprigs.
- Let the sugar glaze harden and the cake is ready to be served.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
1slice
Calories
548kcal
(27%)
Carbohydrates
74.2g
(25%)
Protein
7.4g
(15%)
Fat
26g
(40%)
Saturated Fat
15.4g
(77%)
Cholesterol
143mg
(48%)
Sodium
198mg
(8%)
Potassium
360mg
(10%)
Fiber
2.1g
(8%)
Sugar
45.5g
(91%)
Calcium
86mg
(9%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 548 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1slice | |
| Calories | 548kcal | 27% |
| Carbohydrates | 74.2g | 25% |
| Protein | 7.4g | 15% |
| Fat | 26g | 40% |
| Saturated Fat | 15.4g | 77% |
| Cholesterol | 143mg | 48% |
| Sodium | 198mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 360mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 2.1g | 8% |
| Sugar | 45.5g | 91% |
| Calcium | 86mg | 9% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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5.0
9 reviews
Excellent
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