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christmas fruit cake with sugar dusting on top

Easy Christmas fruit cake recipe {Kid-Friendly}

Quick, Easy, Moist, and fluffy Easy Christmas Fruit Cake recipe requires no overnight soaking of fruits and is the best fruit cake recipe you'll ever make!
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Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
10 min: 0 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 9 servings
Calories: 543kcal
Author: Surup Mazumdar

INGREDIENTS

fruit mix

  • ½ cup Tutti Fruit
  • ½ cup Cranberries
  • ½ cup Mixed Nuts & Raisins
  • ½ cup Chopped Apricot
  • 1 cup Orange Juice
  • 1 whole Cinnamon stick about 2 inch long
  • 1 whole Star Anise
  • ½ cup Molasses
  • 1 cup Unsalted butter cubed
  • 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1 teaspoon Orange Zest
  • ¼ cup Orange Juice
  • 2 whole Eggs

Dry Ingredients

  • 1½ cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1 cup Granulated Sugar
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Ginger
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Cardamom
  • ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1 pinch Sea Salt

topping (optional)

  • 1 cup Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Chopped Fruits I use chopped Mandarin, Kiwis & Pomegranate seeds
  • Christmas Sprinkles
  • Icing sugar to dust on top

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Add all the berries and fruits in a bowl. Soak them in Orange juice for 30-60 min.
    If you're adding booze you can add Rum or Cherry Brandy at this point and let the berries and dry fruits soak in it for 1 hour. (Don't skip orange juice even if you're using booze)
  • Add it to a saucepan along with Molasses, Cubed Butter, Vanilla Extract, Whole Cinnamon Stick, Star Anise & Orange Zest. Simmer over low heat for 30 min.
    Once its reduced, remove the cinnamon stick and star anise and allow the fruit mix to cool down to room temperature.
  • Sieve all the dry ingredients into a bowl. Now pour in the berry mix to it. Add the leftover Orange juice, crack in two eggs, add a pinch of sea salt and baking powder and bring it all together.
  • Transfer to a baking dish and bake @350F or 180C for 30 min.
  • Add a layer of cream cheese frosting (if you desire) over the baked and cooled fruit cake. Top with some freshly chopped fruits and sprinkles of your choice. Dust some icing sugar on top.
  • Cut into slices and dig in!

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Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Easy Christmas fruit cake recipe {Kid-Friendly}
Amount Per Serving (1 slice)
Calories 543 Calories from Fat 153
% Daily Value*
Fat 17g26%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Polyunsaturated Fat 5g
Monounsaturated Fat 6g
Cholesterol 1mg0%
Sodium 263mg11%
Potassium 581mg17%
Carbohydrates 92g31%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 66g73%
Protein 10g20%
Vitamin A 75IU2%
Vitamin C 18mg22%
Calcium 74mg7%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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