Christmas Fruit Cake
Category:
Easy
Preparation time
Cooking time
Ingredients
For 10 Person(s)
Recipe
- 4 tablespoon(s) Grace Browning (4-6 tablespoons may be used)
- 2 pound(s) raisins
- 1/2 pound(s) prunes
- 10 cup(s) red wine
- 2 cup(s) Margarine
- 2 cup(s) dark sugar
- 8 medium eggs (8-9 medium eggs may be used)
- 1 tablespoon(s) lime juice
- 1 teaspoon(s) lime rind
- 1/2 pound(s) candied fruits
- 1 tablespoon(s) vanilla essence
- 1 teaspoon(s) almond essence
- 1 cup(s) white rum
- 1 pound(s) cake flour
- 1/4 pound(s) cracker crumbs/bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon(s) baking powder
- 2 teaspoon(s) nutmeg
Christmas Fruit Cake Directions
- Steam raisins and prunes in seven (7) cups of red wine and allow to cool.
- Cream Grace Hello Margarine and sugar until light and creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time; add lime juice and lime rind.
- To the steamed fruits, add candied fruits, vanilla and almond essence. Blend until smooth then mix in the white rum.
- Combine cake flour, cracker crumbs/bread crumbs, baking powder and nutmeg and mix well.
- Fold in one third of the flour mixture, then half of the blended fruits. Repeat this step. Fold in the final 1/3 flour mixture with the Grace Browning.
- Scrape batter into two (2) greased and lined 10" cake tins. Bake in a pre-heated oven 180°C/350°F for 30 minutes. Reduce temperature to 150°C/300°F and bake for an additional 30 minutes or until done.
Recipe Note:
Use remaining red wine to wet cakes while they are still warm. White rum may also be used.
The amount of browning added is based on colour preference.
Yield: 16 slices
Enjoy!