Classic fruit cake with salted maple syrup
User Reviews
4.2
14 reviews
Good
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Prep Time
45 mins
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Cook Time
2 hrs
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Total Time
2 hrs 45 mins
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Servings
10 -12
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Course
Cake, Baked Goods
Classic fruit cake with salted maple syrup
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Rich, dark and dense fruit cake with salted maple syrup will make your Christmas even more festive and makes for great homemade Christmas gifts.
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Ingredients
for the fruit cake
- 1 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup candied citrus peel
- 3/4 cup sultanas golden
- 1/2 cup Medjool dates pitted
- 1 cup glace cherry
- 1/2 cup prunes maple-infused
- 125 g butter 1/2 cup/1 stick, cubed
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 egg
- 1/4 cup brandy optional: alternatively replace with water
- 2 cups flour all purpose
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
for the salted maple syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup brandy optional
- sea salt large pinch flakes
Instructions
- Cook the fruit (Except for the cherries), butter, sugar and water until the mixture is dark and sticky.
- Add the cherries and baking soda and refrigerate over night.
- The next morning, pre-heat the oven to 140°c.
- Beat in the eggs and brandy/water into the cooled fruit mixture. I find it easiest to do this in the bowl of a freestanding mixer.
- Add the flour, baking powder and spices and mix through.
- Grease and line a 20cmx7.5cm cake pan then transfer the cake mix to the prepared cake pan.
- Place in the oven and bake for 90 mins-2 hours or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out relatively clean. You want a little stickiness there as you want the cake to be almost gooey.
- In the meantime, simmer together all the syrup ingredients for 10 minutes then set aside.
- When the cake comes out of the oven, pour over the syrup then allow to soak in overnight.
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