Want a moist fruit cake recipe? Check out this moist Christmas fruit cake recipe as the method calls for boiling the ingredients first before baking. A new method to try that guarantees a flavorful fruit cake that is sure to please, recipe by Siew Loon Ho.
It’s the time of year again…Christmas!!!
Christmas has always been my favorite time of the year. It is a season where you can feel so much love in the air and the melodious Christmas tunes never fail to make me happy. It is also a season of eating and drinking! Besides the Roast Turkey, having a really good fruit cake is also a must on my Christmas menu. This year I have managed to bake the fruit cake earlier then usual as I am preparing to pass them as gifts to my close friends. This is a must-try recipe from Catherine Lau which uses the boiling method. I have used this recipes for wedding cakes and Christmas baking and it has never failed to impress my friends and family. The big grin on their face is the best Christmas gift for me.

Fruit cake is a traditional British Christmas cake that is full of fruits and nuts and laced with alcohol, usually brandy. This gives the fruit cake a subtle brandy flavor and a moist texture, plus it also allows the fruit cake to be stored fora long time. I always enjoy eating it with a glass of red wine or even a cup of espresso.
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I love fruit cake with Brandy!! Thanks for sharing!! Do you know how to make mince pies (made with rich all-butter pastry and filled with a delicious fruity mincemeat)? I used to purchase from Mark’s and Spencer in Sg. But, US is not selling.
Fruit cakes have such a bad name but this looks fantastic!
Hello! what are mixed spices?
by the way, loved your site, always looking here to make good foods for my family. thanks for sharing.=)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_spice
You can get it from the spice section in the grocery store.
yummmmmmmmmmm want to try it
wow, I like this fruit cake, definitely I will bake this one for Christmas, I used to but a lot when I was in Singapore, Tempations Pastry Shop make a good fruit cake also. Do you a Chocolate Mousse Cake “ETOILE” w/c Tempations Pastry has?
Beautiful cake! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
I am a Brit and fruit cake is an essential part of the holiday (any holiday). Brandy is an option but scotch and rum are also used – equally liberally. And we don’t genteely brush the top. We stab it in several places with a skewer and pour more booze over the top so that it runs in! It is particularly good with Gaelic coffee!! But wine is fine too!! ;o)
Thanks 4 recipe, I live in Australia so can u please let me know how many grams is 2 sticks of butter?
You can use 240g.
I’ve never heard of a moist fruit cake :) I’m not a big fan of Xmas cakes because it’s always so dry but ‘m definitely gonna try this recipe!
I love fruitcake,and have tried many recipes, but yours will solve my problem of keeping the cake moist. Thanks for sharing. I must try this one. Happy Holidays, Bee!
I love this cake. My aunt used to bring us this cake during Christmas. Do you recommend any kind of rum or brandy? I don’t know much about alcohol as I seldom used them when I baked.
ANy brand of liquor is fine.
what can you do to keep the cake moist, if you don’t have any liquor at all to use in it ?
Wow! Your fruitcake looks delicious! May I know what sized baking pan do you use?
Another tried and tested recipe for this cake, add kahlua . Guarantee your guests will go for second helpings :)
The Baking pan I use is 5 inches by 2 inches.
I am not a fruit cake person as I always find them very sweet. But I do love reading your recipes as you also share the tips and purpose of adding a certain ingredients into the recipe. That makes us a wiser cook than just put this and that ingredients without better understanding! I love your blog! Do keep the recipes coming. Thanks! Wishing you and family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
use all the 7cup mixed fruits + 1 cup mixed nuts = 8 cups for this recipe?
Your recipes look great my problem is they are not printer frinedly. I printed the recipe and got everything comments I got 5 pages printed for a single recipe?
next time you want to print JUST THE RECIPE, highlight the recipe, when it’s all highlighted, then go to top of page, click file, (if you don’t see it, right click and click print) when your printer properties come up, you should have an option for printing SELECTION click on that.then, click print.
This looks lovely & it is really captivating ! Merry X-mas :-)
Beautiful cake! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
LOL..I actually like fruitcake. It gets such a bad rap. Wish I had some now.
Yummy Cake…Thanks for sharing the recipe…
I know Xmas is over but wud like to try yr recipe. When I add the fruits do I have to add the brandy as well or do I throw it away and use only the fruits. Can us also pls advise the amount of flour in grams as I can never get the measurement right if I use cups measurement. thks
thanx for sharing the recipe with us. what can i substitute brandy@rum with as i am making some for my muslim friends.
Can I replace brown sugar with molasses?
Molasses is liquidy but brown sugar is dry, not sure what the end result would be.
Hello,
I made this fruit cake, followed your recipe but it did not turn out dark, more on the light side. What did I do wrong? Thanks in advance.
Hi bgawat, it could be due to the brown sugar that you use (some are light brown, some dark brown)or the proportion of dark coloured fruits in your fruits mixed. As long as the taste is good, the colour is unimportant.
My Gran used to use golden syrup – Lyle’s was the brand – Molasses has a semi-bitter taste, while golden syrup is light tasting, sweet and has the same texture as molasses. Some people use honey.
hi bee! just would like to ask what could i substitute for milk powder? and lastly, the brandy where the fruits/nuts were soaked, do i throw that away or mix it with the rest of the ingredients?
thanks so much!!!
Hi leng, this is the 1st time I came across a fruits cake recipe that uses milk powder. You can skip it. The residue brandy mix in, don’t throw. Brandy makes the cake tastier, more moist & keeps longer.
I am trying this recipe for the 1st time. I have the dried fruits and nuts soaking in the brandy in a pyrex container; do I need to keep the mixture in the fridge since it is almost summer in Australia and it is rather warm?
How soon can the cake be removed from the loaf tin? Should the cake be brushed with brandy after it has cooled or should it done when it is still hot?
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Hi, I’ve bookmarked this recipe for a few months and intend to save it for this year’s Christmas. The raisins are already soaking! I read somewhere that I need to place a pan of water in the oven to prevent cake drying out, do I need to do this in your recipe? I’m so excited!!
Hi I’m gonna try this fruit cake. Would you mind to advise how many gram of butter? How much butter of 2 sticks?
Thanks
Sabrina
Hi, thanks for the great recipe. I wonder what causes my cake to look more like a pudding than a cake. Have I used too much orange juice. Please help as I followed the recipe and the batter is very liquid. Thanks once again.
Thanks for a great recipe! I made this last week n it is a success n I m hoarding a big chunk of it for myself. Hehe. Hence will make a 2nd one for Christmas Day itself. I wish I hv a longer time to mature n soak the fruits but I m too greedy to gv up my personal stash! Thanks again. Btw I made it w rum.
It sounds as though you wrap the cake right out of the oven. Is this so, or do I let it cool as I would any other cake? My first fruit cake… wish me luck. Looks great so far; putting it in oven now!
Hi, is it possible to have the recipe in metrics, please? Thx.