This cake is a simple and spicy sweet which is perfect to serve with tea or coffee. A great treat for guests who visits you during the Christmas.
No additives or chemical ingredients are used, with all those nuts and fruits this is a pretty healthy cake if we compare to the other sweets of Christmas period. Buy the dried fruits and soak them in rum for 3-4 hours and the rest is very easy to do.
Here is the recipe of: Dried fruit in rum for Christmas cake
Ingredients | 6 servings
- 7tbsp Rum-soaked dried fruits
- 140g/5oz Brown sugar
- 50g/1.8oz of Milk
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- Zest of 1 Orange
- Juice of Half Orange
- 300g/10.5oz Flour
- 2 knobs of Butter
- 30g /1oz Crushed Walnuts
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- a pinch of crushed Fennel Seeds
- pinch of Salt
Use all ingredients at room temperature.
Preparation
– Preheat the oven on 180°C/356°F.
– Mix flour & baking powder in a bowl and put it aside.
– In a bigger bowl, whisk the butter with sugar till you have a creamy texture.
– Add eggs and milk & continue to whisk
– Sieve half of the flour and mix, the batter becomes dense
– Add to the mixture of dried fruits, and orange juice.
– Followed by the other half of flour.
– Add the rest of the ingredients to the mix: crushed fennel seeds, cinnamon, walnuts, and orange zest.
– In the mold of 20cm/8inch which is covered by parchment paper, Flatten gently the batter.
Let the Christmas cake bake for ⏳ 50 minutes at 180°C/356°F. At the end of the baking time, leave it to cool down and it will be ready to serve.
Notes
- Wait 2 hours to cool down. It’ll be easier to cut it, feel free to sieve a bit of icing sugar on top.
- Some people might not like fennel seed but to my experience, it gives a great scent and flavor to the cake
- Always do the toothpick test to be sure the cake is cooked, If your mold smaller the cake needs more time in the oven, vice versa if the mold is bigger.
Merry Xmas and enjoy the holidays ☺️