Christmas can be named as the most beautiful and joyful time of the year. It is the period where people get together and enjoy themselves. Varieties of food cannot be forgotten during this time. Among them, Christmas cake made specially from fruits comes on top. People love these Christmas fruit cakes more than others due to its unique flavor. So we have thought about sharing the best Christmas fruit cake recipe ever for this upcoming festive season. So, enjoy these recipes.
01. White fruit cake
Ingredients
02 cups of pineapple pieces
Golden raisins
Cherries
02 ounces of orange peel
02 ounces of citron peel
Orange juice
Butter
Sugar
08 eggs
Flour
Steps to prepare
First, chop pineapple, raisins, and cherries. Then mix chopped fruits with orange peels and soak them in orange juice overnight.
Then preheat the oven to 135 degrees C. After that, place the small pan of water in the oven. Next, add butter and sugar to a bowl. Then stir eggs. After that, stir in fruits and juice. Then mix in flour. After that, beat the egg whites in another bowl. Fold into batter. After that, fill pans 2/3 full. Finally, bake it for about 02 hours until it gets a golden brown nature.
02. Christmas cherry cake
Ingredients
01 cup of white sugar
Butter
02 eggs
Orange juice
02 cups of flour
Baking powder – 01 teaspoon
Golden raisins
Cherries
Steps to prepare
Preheat the oven to 150 degrees C. Then grease and line with parchment paper the pan. After that, cream butter and sugar until it gets fluffy. Then add orange juice and beaten eggs into it. Mix it well. After that, add flour and baking powder. Then reserve 1/3 cup of the flour mixture and add raisins and cherries. Next, add flour mixture into the batter and blend it well. Then add raisins and cherries to the dough. After that, pour the batter into the pan prepared earlier. Then bake it for about 02 hours. Remember to keep this for several days before serving and wrap the cake in a plastic wrap and store in a closed tin.
03. Christmas fruit and nut cake
Ingredients
Almonds
Nuts
Dates
Cherries
01 cup of flour
01 cup of white sugar
Baking powder – 01 teaspoon
Salt
04 eggs
Vanilla – 02 teaspoons
Steps to prepare
First, preheat the oven to 135 degrees C. The line loaf pans with parchment paper. Then add almonds, nuts, cherries, dates and mix them well. Next, add flour, baking powder, and salt into the mixture and stir it well. After that, beat eggs with vanilla and add them into the mixture as well. Finally, place it on the pan and bake for about 02 hours.
04. Boiled fruit cake
Ingredients
Mixed fruit
Chopped cherries
Walnuts
Butter
Allspice – 01 teaspoon
Baking soda – 1/2 teaspoon
01 cup of milk
Flour
02 eggs
White sugar – 1 1/2 cups
Steps to prepare
Initially, preheat the oven to 160 degrees C. Then place fruit cherries, walnuts, sugar, butter, allspice, baking soda, and milk in a saucepan. After that, boil it for 05 minutes and let the mixture cool to body temperature. Then stir flour and eggs. Next, pour the batter into a pan prepared with parchment paper. First, bake it for about 40 minutes at 160 degrees C and about 1 1/2 hours at 150 degrees C.
05. British fruit cake
Ingredients
1 3/4 cups of flour
Butter
1 1/4 cups of mixed fruit
White sugar
Mixed spice – 01 teaspoon
05 tablespoons of milk
01 egg
Little brown sugar
Steps to prepare
Initially, preheat the oven to 175 degrees C. Then butter a round cake pan. After that, put some butter into a bowl. Then mix butter with flour until it gets a bread crumb nature. Next, add mixed fruit, sugar, and mixed spice to it. Mix it well. Then add milk and egg until the batter gets soft. Next, place the batter onto the prepared pan. Then sprinkle some brown sugar on top of it. Finally, bake it for about 1 1/4 hours.
So, hope that we have provided you some of the best Christmas fruit cake recipe ever to make this festive season great. Above all, we have provided some of the easiest and cheapest ways to make Christmas cakes. So, enjoy and make this festive season happier.
