Delicious and Easy to Make Rum Fruit Cake

Rum Fruit Cake
Christmas is just around the corner and millions of people around the world are excited about the Christmas goodies that would be prepared for Christmas Day. The Yuletide Season is a wonderful time of the year for many families which is why mothers really devote time and effort to prepared special dishes on that day. In fact, if there is one piece of dessert that tops the list during the Yuletide season it would be rum fruit cake.

The traditional rum fruitcake is an indispensable part of the Christmas feast since the dessert has a unique flavor that can tastefully complement any main dish. Aside from that, the left-over rum fruit cake can be served with tea or coffee for an enjoyable afternoon snack.In fact, in many countries around the world, the traditional rum fruit cake is also served during weddings where they put a lot of icing on top. The rum fruit cake is classified as dark fruitcake since its uses dark colored ingredients such as brown sugar, molasses and dark fruits. There are many types of rums to choose from but it would be better if you would use something that suits your taste. Here’s a hassle free but delicious rum fruit cake recipe that you can try :

Ingredients
1 (14 oz.) pkg. date bar mix
2/3 cup hot water
3 eggs
1/4 cup flour
2 tbsp molasses
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 c nuts
1 c raisins
1 (8 oz.) pack cherries
1/2 c rum flavoring

Instructions
Combine cherries and raisins in bowl; add 1/3 cup rum flavoring. Cover tightly and leave overnight. Heat oven to 325 degrees. In large bowl, mix together date filling and water. Add crumbly mix from Date bar. Combine eggs, flour, molasses and spices. Blend well. Fold in nuts and drained raisins and cherries. Just pour the batter into greased and floured pan. Bake for at least 1 hour and 25 minutes. Cool thoroughly for a few hours. Put in cheesecloth that which has been soaked in 2 tbsp rum. Store in a tight container.

The rum fruitcake can be served as an afternoon snack bringing you the holidays all year-round.

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How to Create a Delectable Light Fruitcake

Delectable Light Fruitcake
The holidays is near and soon enough people are anticipating what Christmas goodies are now on the shelves of bakeshops. In many parts of the globe, fruitcake is normally served during Christmas season. However, not all fruitcakes are really the same. There are two kinds of fruitcakes: Light Fruitcake This is known as light because the fruitcake ingredient in the recipe calls for granulated sugar, light corn syrup, almonds, golden raisins, pineapple, apricots, etc.

Dark fruitcake ingredient like molasses or brown sugar is used here. Fruits which are dark in color such as raisins, prunes, dates, cherries, pecan and walnuts are also typically used as fruitcake ingredient.

If you prefer a light fruitcake, try the following recipe and make your own delectably light fruitcake.

Ingredients
10 oz self raising flour 5 oz butter
5 oz sugar (use white sugar for a light fruitcake)
1 desert spoon golden syrup
2 table spoons of ground almonds
1 lb dried fruit (sultanas, raisins, currants, mixed peel and cherries)
grated rind of one small lemon
2 eggs
Little milk

Begin by preheating the oven to 160 C. Line a an 8 inch baking pan with grease paper. In a large bowl, mix the fat, flour and sugar. Use your finger tips to do this until the mixture looks like bread crumbs. Add the mixed spice, dried fruit, lemon rind and ground almonds. Make sure they are properly distributed in the mixture. Put the eggs and syrup plus a dash of milk. Balance the stiffness to the point that the wooden spoon can still go through the mixture. Place the cake mix into the lined pan you have prepared before. Spread it thinly using a spatula. Baking time is normally 1 hr and 15 minutes. However, you can place the cake into a skewer to see if the cake is done. Once the skewer is clean and there is no hissing sound in the cake, its time to cool it. If not, bring back the cake in the oven and bake for another 10 minutes. Once its really done, let the cake cool in the tin for a few hours. Its now time to enjoy the light fruitcake you have baked.

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Create Your Own Wedding Fruit Cake in Ten Steps

Wedding Fruit Cake
Are you aware that fruitcake is not just served during Christmas season? In different regions of the world, the fruitcake is also served during weddings. In such case, a wedding fruit cake is prepared instead of the traditional white wedding cake that’s full of icing. Remarkably, some couples eat the untouched portion of their wedding fruitcake during the first wedding anniversary. That is not a bad idea at all since a wedding fruit cake can taste better as it ages. Read the ten easy steps in making your own wedding fruitcake:




1. In a large container,combine sultanas, currants, raisins, pecans, grated lemon and peel.

2. The raisins, prunes and apricots must be cut similarly with the cherries and other fruits. Scissors would do a great job.

3. Add sherry to the mixture.

4. Cover the bowl tightly so the sherry would not evaporate. The fruits must be soaked in the mixture but not more than 7 days. However, avoid soaking for less than 3 days since this would not produce a good result. It is normal for the fruit to get plump since alcohol is being absorbed.

5. Keep butter and eggs at normal temperature. Use an electric mixer to beat the butter quickly. Add brown sugar to the mixture making sure that there are no lumps in the mixture. Beat the mixture only after butter has been added to it.

6. Just add the eggs one at a time only after each egg is well beaten.

7. The Wedding fruit cake can be quite big and adding all the eggs can cause the mixture to be saturated. In this case, do not consume all the eggs.

8. Its now time to add the soaked fruit, marmalade, golden syrup, glycerin, vanilla essence, chopped toasted almonds, dates, walnuts and almond essence and the egg mixture. Ideally, use your fingertips to break all the fruit lumps.Mix all the ingredients very well.

9. Place the cake into tins in preparation for baking. Bake at 250 F. Baking time depends on the cake’s size, it does take an average of 3 hours. Cool for at least 4 hours.

10. You can now place some decoration on the wedding fruit cake such as icing.

Baking your own wedding cake is not that hard yet it is a rewarding task. You can also make some cash baking and selling wedding fruit cake.

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