This super moist FRUIT CAKE recipe completely changed my mind about fruit cake!
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Never in a million years did I think fruit cake would make it to my top 10 favourite cakes of all time! I literally despised fruit cake growing up, always finding it too dry or having too many sultanas. UNTIL I developed this super moist fruit cake recipe that is packed with fruit, nuts, dates and so much more!
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For accuracy, I would recommend using the gram measurements provided as those are the exact quantities I use. Cup measurements are given as estimates (based on US cup measurements) to make it easier for those who do not have a scale.
Fruit Cake
▢¾ cups (170 g) unsalted butter
▢¾ cups (150 g) soft brown sugar
▢2 cups (350 g) dried fruits - I used a combination of sultanas, raisins, currants, red and green glace cherries and citrus peel (see note 1 on blog post)
▢½ cup (100 g) dates - pitted and cut into small pieces, see note 2 on blog post
▢⅔ cups (166 g) store bought sweetened orange juice - like Just Juice, Tropicana etc.
▢1½ tbsp orange zest - the zest of about 1 medium sized orange. The juice of the orange will be used later in the syrup.
▢2 tbsp (36 g) molasses
▢1¾ cups (210 g) all purpose flour
▢1½ tsps baking powder
▢½ tsp salt
▢1½ tsps cinnamon powder
▢½ tsp ground ginger powder
▢¼ tsp nutmeg
▢1 tsp all spice
▢¼ cup (52 g) unflavoured vegetable oil - I use canola oil
▢3 large eggs
▢1 cup (100 g) walnuts - halved
Orange Syrup/Glaze
▢3 tbsp (50 g) freshly squeezed orange juice
▢1¾ tbsp (20 g) white granulated sugar
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Mincemeat Loaf Cake - Easy Christmas Baking
This lovely moist loaf cake, with lots of mincemeat as well as cherries and sultanas is so delicious. It is a great alternative to very rich Christmas cakes, with the same decadent flavours but a lighter texture. So easy to make too.
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0:00 Introduction
0:52 Preheat the oven
1:14 Ingredients
3:11 Mix the wet Ingredients
5:18 Mix the dry Ingredients
6:25 Combine Wet & Dry
7:37 Fill Loaf Pan
8:31 Bake Loaf Cake
9:21 Result & Taste Test
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Cornish Saffron Cake (Tezan Saffern) ◆ 1930s Recipe
★ About: “From time immemorial, Saffron-currant-cakes have been the boast of our Cornish house-wives” said the renowned Truro-born clergyman, poet and historian Richard Polwhele in his 1836 book ‘Reminiscences, in Prose and Verse (Etc.)’.
And in her 1890 book, Cornish Feasts and Folklore, Penzance poet and folklorist Margaret Ann Courtney explains that ‘in some parts of the county it is customary for each household to make a batch of currant cakes on Christmas Eve. These cakes are made in the ordinary manner, coloured with saffron, as is the custom in these parts. On this occasion the peculiarity of the cakes is, that a small portion of the dough in the centre of each top is pulled up and made into a form which resembles a very small cake on the top of the large one, and this centre piece is usually called “the Christmas”. Each person in a house has his or her especial cake, and every person ought to taste a small piece of ever other person’s cake. Similar cakes are also bestowed on the hangers-on of the establishment, such as laundresses, sempstresses, charwomen, &c.; and even some people who are in the receipt of weekly charity call as a matter of course, for the Christmas cakes. The cakes must not be cut until Christmas-day, it being probably “unlucky to eat them sooner.”’.
There is so much that has been written about Cornwall’s famous saffron cakes, yet before spotting this 1936 recipe written exactly a century after Mr Polwhele wrote of their heritage, we had yet to sample one ourselves. Saffron loaves and buns have been made in Cornwall since it was introduced to the county in the 14th century when it was traded for copper and tin. The colour of sunshine, this loaf is heavy with fruit and as soon as it comes out of the oven you can see that it’s something special.
We enjoyed a slice each fresh from the oven, one buttered and the other with a good spread of clotted cream and the 1930s rhubarb and ginger jam that we made not long ago. It was heavenly.
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★ Ingredients:
14 oz / 400g Strong White Flour
¼ oz / 7g Fresh Yeast
213 ml Tepid Water
¼ tsp. Sugar
¼ tsp. Salt
¼ lb / 113g Caster Sugar
¼ lb / 113g Mixed Peel
¼ lb / 113g Butter
¼ lb / 113g Currants
¼ tsp Allspice
A pinch of Saffron
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★ Book Details: Cookery Illustrated and Household Management (1936) By: Elizabeth Craig Publisher: Odhams Press Limited (Long Acre, London, W.C.2, England, U.K.) __________________________________________
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THE BEST JAMAICAN BLACK (RUM) CAKE | RICH & MOIST with EASY STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS!!
WATCH THIS INGREDIENTS AND STEPS LISTED IN THIS VIDEO: & FULL RECIPE LINK: | Jamaican Rum Cake, also know as Jamaican black cake, wedding cake or Christmas cake is a rich and decadent traditional Caribbean dessert! Dried fruit is soaked in rum for months up to a year then added to this fruit cake with warm spices and wine making it super moist with maximum flavour. This staple Caribbean dessert recipe is enjoyed year round, particularly during holidays like Christmas, weddings, and celebrations!
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Brandy Soaked Christmas Cake (Gluten Free)
GLUTEN FREE CHRISTMAS CAKE
450 grams raisins
175 grams sultanas You may substitute fruit for your choice
50 grams dried cranberries
50 grams dried apricots diced
200 ml apricot brandy
100 grams almond flour These are the flours I used, you could substitute
100 grams organic light buckwheat flour
25 grams millet flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp allspice
175 grams demera sugar
4 large eggs
1 Tblsp. Molasses
225 grams butter
50 grams chopped (nut of choice)
Zest from one lemon and 1 orange
1. Place dried fruit in large bowl and cover with brandy, soak over night
2. Preheat oven 275 F
3.Sift dry ingredients together
4 Warm butter and molasses beat eggs good and while beating slowly add warmed butter and molasses
5. Fold in soaked fruit and zest
6. Line tin (angel food or spring form cake pan) spread mixture in and smooth top, cover with parchment paper with hole in cent top
7 Bake 4 hours, till springy to touch, cool, wrap in brandy soaked cheese cloth, than wax paper and put in cool dark place for one month