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This quick and easy moist fruit cake recipe is perfect for any occasion, especially during festive seasons. With simple ingredients and minimal prep time, you can enjoy a delicious homemade treat in no time. Plus, the recipe is beginner-friendly and foolproof!
What Is Fruit Cake
Fruit cake is a traditional British Christmas cake packed with fruits and nuts, often laced with alcohol, typically brandy. This adds a subtle brandy flavor and keeps the cake moist, allowing it to be stored for a long time.
I love enjoying it with a glass of red wine or a cup of espresso. Check out this moist fruit cake recipe, which involves boiling the ingredients before baking for extra flavor!
Ingredients For Fruit Cake Recipe
- Butter
- Eggs
- Orange juice
- Honey
- Flour
- Milk powder
- Nutmeg
- Mixed spices
- Cinnamon powder
- Baking soda
- Brandy
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How to Make Moist Fruit Cake
Step 1: Grease and line 5-6 mini loaf pans. Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C). Sift the flour, milk powder and spices together.
Step 2: Combine mixed fruits, butter, sugar, honey, orange juice and baking soda in a large saucepan. Stir over low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Bring the mixture to boil and simmer for about 5 minutes over low heat. Stir consistently. Remove the saucepan and leave to cool.
Step 3: Combine the eggs and gently beat it using a fork. Gently stir it into the cooled cake mixture. Fold in the sifted ingredients. Spread evenly into prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour or until cooked.
Step 4: Remove the cake and brush the top with brandy. Cover it tightly with aluminum foil. The cake is best eaten after a few days of aging.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is best to use dark rum or brandy for this recipe. Brush 1-2 tablespoons over the cake right when it is removed from the oven.
To store, wrap the cake in brandy soaked towels, and then wrap in aluminum foil or plastic wrap.
If stored correctly, the cake will last a month at normal room temperature. In the fridge, it should keep for 6 months.
This recipe has 246 calories.
What To Serve With Fruit Cake
This meal is best served as a dessert. For a great holiday assortment, I recommend the following desserts.
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Fruit Cake
Ingredients
- 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons milk powder
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon mixed spices
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 7 cups mixed dried fruits, chopped (Please refer to Notes for preparation method)
- 2 sticks butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 large eggs
Instructions
- Grease and line 5-6 mini loaf pans. Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).
- Sift the flour, milk powder and spices together.
- Combine mixed fruits, butter, sugar, honey, orange juice and baking soda in a large saucepan. Stir over low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Bring the mixture to boil and simmer for about 5 minutes over low heat. Stir consistently. Remove the saucepan and leave to cool.
- Combine the eggs and gently beat it using a fork. Gently stir it into the cooled cake mixture. Fold in the sifted ingredients. Spread evenly into prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour or until cooked.
- Remove the cake and brush the top with brandy. Cover it tightly with aluminium foil. The cake is best eaten after a few days of aging.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I made this 2 days ago, as its name, it was very moist and flavorful. The only thing i changed was replaced the 1 Cup orange juice with milk and hence replaced the 2 Tbs milk powder with plain flour. That’s because i ran out of orange juice. Love this cake! thanks for sharing.
I tried this recipe. It tastes good but i don’t get a cake consistency. mine turns out too dense and more of a firm pudding. What went wrong?Even the mixture before baking is runny.
Aruna the exact same thing happened to my cake too! Did you figure out why?
Hi!
I just made this cake the past weekend and it smells so incredible that I can’t stop thinking about it. It kills me to have to wait for days before I can eat it!
I made it into 4 Loaves and am planning to give 3 Away.
How long do these cakes keep? I’ve read that fruit cakes taste better with age, but there isn’t any indication on how long your fruit cake can keep for.
Any advice?
Thank you.
It will keep well for one week or so.
Would it be good if I aged it like other fruit cake recipes? Planning to make it soon and have it ready for Christmas
Hi, your recipe is very interesting and I am gonna try it out. I just have a few questions.
1) the recipe requires me to boil the soaked ingredients with butter,sugar, orange juice, honey and baking soda. Do I need to drain out the soaked mixture before putting in the saucepan or just include it with the rum as well?
2) is it okay to boil the baking soda?
3) the egg has to be mixed with the mixture from the saucepan or the dry ingredients?
4) I noticed it is stated that we have to fold in the mixture. Does that mean we don’t have to use the electric mixer at all for this recipe?
I followed the exact recipe, but the cake looks wet but it tastes amazing. It doesnt look like the picture you posted, mine doesnt look like cake. What did i do wrong?
Yes you can.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe.
Mix Fruit cake is my husband favourite. He told me mix fruit cake should be dense and moist.I tried a recipe from other chef, It’s fluffy so I wonder if it is because of the flour I use (Medium Protein Flour).
Now I found your recipe and feeling so excited for it. Thanks again for sharing.
What temperature do you store the soaked chopped nuts ? In the fridge ?
Yes.
I don’t have brandy but can I use bacardi white rum or hennessy ( cognac)? Will this alter the taste too much?
2 sticks of butter meaning how many grams??
Convert here: http://www.traditionaloven.com/conversions_of_measures/butter_converter.html