Best Ever CHRISTMAS FRUIT CAKE Recipe

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup pitted dates
• ½ cup candied orange peel
• ½ cup dark raisins
• ½ cup red candied cherries
• 1 cup pecans
• ½ cup dried apricots, chopped
• 1 cup mixed glazed fruits, chopped
• ½ cup golden raisins
• ½ cup dried cranberries
• ¾ cup rhum
• ½ cup green candied cherries

• 1 ½ cup all purpose flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp nutmeg
• ½ tsp allspice
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt

• ½ cup (113g) softened butter, unsalted
• ⅓ cup molasses
• 2 tablespoons rhum
• 3 eggs, medium
• 1 cup packed brown sugar

*Divide evenly into three 6x3x2.5 loaf pans greased and lined

*Bake in a preheated oven at 165C for 1 hr 30 mins or until toothpick inserted at the center comes out clean (you can opt to bake them using baine marie method for even cooking and prevent the cake from drying out or just bake them longer at lower temperature)

*Cool completely and brush all over with rhum or brandy

*Wrap them individually in aluminum foil and refrigerate. Avoid touching with bare hands to prevent spoilage

*Brush them again with rhum after a week then repeat brushing for four weeks

*To make a chocolate fruit cake, replace 1/2 cup of flour with alkalized unsweetened cocoa powder