Christmas Brandy Fruit Cake Recipe

The cake mixture using four eggs filled an eight inch round tin and took three and a half hours to bake at the stated temperature.

Christmas brandy fruit cake recipe.

Combine fruit and nuts. Combine the flour sugar baking powder and salt. What is fruit cake. In another bowl cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.

Put 1kg mixed dried fruit the zest and juice of 1 orange and 1 lemon 150ml brandy or other alcohol 250g softened butter and 200g light soft brown sugar in a large pan set over a medium heat. It also requires an overnight proof so take that into consideration before starting this fruitcake. Recipe from mary berry s complete cookbook 25. This cake is a rich dark moist fruit cake very flavorful at christmas.

Good cake texture and not too much fruit. This recipe makes two cakes so you can give one away to a friend or loved one. Tie a ribbon around the cake if you like before serving. The holiday season presents a prickly moral dilemma for my mother.

Preheat oven to 300. This gives the fruit cake a subtle brandy flavor and a moist texture plus it also allows the fruit cake to be stored for a long time. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch. The only changes i made were to double the amount of brandy and used it to soak the fruits for 24 hours before making the cake.

In a large bowl combine the nuts dates and cherries. Her signature dessert is a meticulously faithful execution of great aunt margaret s christmas fruitcake recipe which must be soaked in peach brandy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. This is the perfect fruitcake recipie.

I remember very well my mother storing her fruit cake in an old butter churn that belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother. Now wrap each cake with 2 layers of heavy duty aluminum foil. This recipe is started in october or november so as to let it mellow before the holidays. Wrap each cake in about 4 thicknesses of cheese cloth.

But mama s a southern baptist so drinkin s a sin. Store in a cool place for up to 3 months to mature occasionally unwrapping and spooning over 1 2 tbsp brandy. Brandy and orange juice add extra flavor and you can adjust the amounts of fruit and add some chopped nuts if you like. Fruit cake is a traditional british christmas cake that is full of fruits and nuts and laced with alcohol usually brandy.