© 2023 | http://angiesrecipes.blogspot.com
© 2023 | http://angiesrecipes.blogspot.com
Good things take time, so start this recipe at least 1 day in advance to macerate the fruit and allow additional time for cooling. Traditional fruitcake is such a joy at Christmas time. Dense with brandy-soaked dried fruit and warming spices, this means a little goes a long way! This recipe adds a delicious yet modern twist on a classic fruitcake by using candied ginger, dried cherries, physalis, barberries, macadamias, coconut suguar and ginger shot to the batter. If you don't bake with alcohol, then replace it with apple or orange juice.
- 200 g Dried cherries, chopped
- 200 g Candied ginger, chopped
- 200 g Raisins, chopped
- 125 g Dried physalis, chopped
- 150 g Sultanas
- 50 g Dired barberries
- 120 g Cherry jam
- 80 ml Ginger shot (or freshly squeezed orange juice)
- 1 tbsp Orange zest
- 125 ml Brandy (or orange liqueur), plus 60 ml extra
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- 185 g Unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 100 g Coconut sugar (or muscavodo sugar)
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 4 Large eggs, at room temperature
- 200 g Unsalted roasted macadamias, halved
- 220 g White spelt flour
- 60 g Almond meal
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 2 tsp Speculaas spice mix
- 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
- 1/2 tsp Ginger powder
- 200 g Salted roasted macadamias, coarsely chopped, to sprinkle
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- Chop the cherries, candied ginger, raisins and physalis to the same size as sultanas and barberries. Place them in a large bowl with the sultanas, barberries, jam, brandy and ginger shot and orange zest. Cover and set aside at room temperature vernight or up to a week, stirring occasionally. Mine soaked for 3 days.
- Preheat oven to 150C/300F. Grease and line the base and sides of a 20-22 cm square or round cake tin with 2-3 layers of parchment paper.
- Beat butter, sugar and vanilla until pale and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the soaked fruit and macadamias.
- Whisk together the spelt flour, almond meal, baking powder and spices to combine evenly. Add to the fruit mixture and use a wooden spoon to mix lightly until well combined.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and press firmly into the corners and then smooth the surface. Decorate with chopped macadamia nuts. Tap the pan on a work surface a few times to settle the mixture.
- Cover the cake with a piece of foil and bake in the middle of preheated oven for 2 hours. Remove the foil and continue to bake for a further 1-1½ hours or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Pour the extra brandy evenly over the top of the hot cake. Cover the tin well with foil and then wrap the cake, still in the tin, in a clean kitchen towel. Set aside overnight to cool completely.
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29 comments:
...Angie, you have created a festive Christmas treat. ☃️ 🎄 ❄️ 🎅🏼
Hello Angie,
Your Christmas cake look yummy, I love all the ingredients. Thanks for sharing.
Take care, enjoy your day!
You have to mortgage the house to buy macadamias!
Pysznie wygląda 😍💗
Oh yum! I do love a good fruitcake! I did not make one this year, but my sister supplied me with one of hers.
Wow, a macadamia nut fruitcake, sounds amazing Angie and I love the way you decorated the top with Christmas trees!
Jenna
So yummy, I eat those sparingly -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
I have to admit I had no idea what physalis was so I looked it up and realized it was the ground cherries I planted a few years ago. They must have been pretty good because the &^%$ groundhog that lives under an outbuilding here ate all of them, including the plant. I will bookmark this and try next year (if my crop is successful)
Angie, Holy carbs Batman!!! This creation is beautiful but it's too over the top for me although other family members would be very happy to have a slab or two. Ho! Ho! Ho! Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
Wow, that looks really good.
A heart warming cake in time for festive period
Normally I'm not a huge fan of fruit type of cakes, but this one looks and sounds amazing! Love your choice of dried fruit and nuts here.
Looks very festive, very rich, very lecker und LOL very expensive with so many ingredients.
Rica tarta.
Buena Navidad para ti.
Un abrazo.🤗〰💕
That has so many good things in there it just has to be good, yum!
Ngie, great idea of dipping the cake hot with brandy, then wrapping it overnight so that the aromas and flavors are potent. I imagine the humidity it will have and the aroma of the liquor.
What a yummy version of fruit cake! I love how you've garnished it for Christmas, too!
Gracias por la receta. Se ve muy rica. Te mando un beso y te deseo una feliz navidad para ti y tu familia.
This cake looks and sounds yummy. I don't know what barberries are. They're another new ingredient for me.
That is a beautiful Christmas cake. Merry Christmas in advance.
Yummm! 😋
Enticing and mouthwatering!
I can taste it from here!....it is delicious!!....Angie all the best for you and your family in 2024!......Abrazotes, Marcela
This fruitcake recipe is calling my name! Definitely adding this to my Christmas baking list! Thanks for sharing this delicious-sounding recipe. Any tips for beginners tackling fruitcake for the first time?
Looks wonderful and seems a nice recipe.
Cake's presentation looks beautiful. I am sure its delicious. Greetings.
This decadent dessert is calling my name. I love cherries and macadamia nuts but had never put the two together. Pinned!
I will try the recipe....
thank you for sharing
My mum used to make her cake about a month or so before Christmas. Then every day she would throw on some booze or orange juice, so that by Christmas day, the cake would be so moist and boozy. Delish!
Such a pretty and festive looking cake. This certainly is no ordinary fruitcake. I love the sound of it, and Christmas or not, I'll try it. :-) ~Valentina
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