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Deliciously Festive Fruit Cake Recipe


Fruit cake is perfect for indulging in throughout the festive season. Not only do you feel less guilty for having eaten a slice, it also goes extremely well with a multitude of different beverages, from hot chocolates to mulled wines, there's not a lot this pudding won't go with. You could eat it either on it's own to accompany a cup of tea, or have a slice for dessert following a hearty meal. The choices are endless with a good old fashioned fruit cake. So let's make one shall we?

Prep Time: 40mins to 1hr
Cook Time: 1hr10mins
Serves: 12

Ingredients

*2 earl grey tea bags
*400ml boiled water
*1 orange
*250g mixed dried fruit
*250g fruit and nut mix
*3tsp. ground mixed spice
*4 large eggs
*4tbsp. skimmed milk
*300g self-raising flour
*0.5tsp. baking powder

Method

  1. Put the tea bags in a jug and pour the boiling water over them and then leave it to stew for around 5 minutes.
  2. Juice the orange and then pour the liquid into a large saucepan. Pour the tea in along with it and leave to stand for 1 minute.
  3. Add the mixed dried fruit and nuts, together with the spices and stir well.
  4. Put the pan over a medium heat, bringing it to a gentle simmer.
  5. Cook the contents gently until most of the liquid has been absorbed - stir occasionally.
  6. Remove the contents from the heat and tip the mixture into a large mixing bowl. Leave the contents to cool for around 40 minutes.
  7. Pre-heat the oven to 170C/150C (Fan)/Gas Mark 3.5.
  8. Line and grease a loaf tin ready for pouring the cake mixture in.
  9. Put the eggs and the milk into a separate mixing bowl (or Kitchen Aid etc) and mix.
  10. After this, add the flour and the baking powder and continue to mix.
  11. Pour this mixture over the (now cooled) fruit and stir again until fully combined.
  12. Pour the mixture into the cake tin you've lined and greased and place in the centre of the oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
  13. Once done, poke with a skewer from the top down to check it has cooked through.
  14. Remove the cake from the tin and leave to cool.
  15. Slice into 12 and serve with a tasty, festive hot beverage.
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I hope you enjoyed this post. Let me know if you make one of these this festive season, or a variant of it! You could even try adding blended banana to the mixture for added sweetness. I will see you again really soon with another blog post for you!

Merry Christmas!

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