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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.
Hi I can use whiskey instead of brandy or rum to mix with mixed fruit.
Tq for your kind help.
Sure.
Hello! Definitely looking forward to try this recipe. May I ask:
– What is the size of your mini loaf pans?
– For the first step mixing the soaked fruits, butter, sugar, honey etc, do we add the remaining liquor from the dried fruits as well?
Hi, I am going to try bake this fruit cake. My questions are:
1) Do you take the soaked fruits/nuts only or as well as the rum/brandy that are used to soak the dried fruits?
2) do you let the cake cool in pan first then brush brandy over the top?
Thank you.
Is it a must to add fruit juice when baking a fruit cake? What’s the reason for it? Can I not add nuts as well cos of allergy? Tq
Yes. It is. You need skip nuts.
What are the quantities of the Moist cake Recipie for the ingredients given
Please scroll down for the pink recipe card. The quantities are all there.
HI, I LOVE YOUR POST! I MADE THIS TODAY AND HOPING FOR A DELICIOUS OUTCOME! I DID TWEAK THE RECIPE A BIT. I USED 3/4 CUP OF BROWN SUGAR INSTEAD OF 1 CUP, (I DON’T LIKE A VERY SWEET CAKE AND SINCE HONEY IS USED I DON’T SEE THE NEED TO ADD 1 WHOLE CUP OF SUGAR) AND 3 CUPS OF MIX FRUITS INSTEAD OF 7 CUPS. THE BATTER ITSELF TASTED SO GOOD SO I’M HOPING THE CAKE WILL TURN OUT DELICIOUS AFTER LETTING IT REST FOR 2 DAYS.
Hi Lil Raw, thanks for your support, I am sure it will taste very yummy. Thanks for trying this moist fruit cake recipe!
There’s a typo on my comment. I meant to say 1/2 Cup of brown sugar. I couldn’t wait for day 2 and I tried them today and it tasted wonderful!! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe ??
Thanks Lil Rae, let me know how it goes. :)
Hi if I wanna only 1 loaf….how doni go about the measurements?
what do you mean by spices, what kind if spices?
There are NO DRIED FRUITS LISTED IN THE INGREDIENTS LIST — HELP !! I would like to make the fruit cake…..
Hi Ann, please refer to the Notes section on the preparation of the dried fruit. You need to prepare 2-3 weeks in advance for the best results.