GOLDEN FRUIT CAKE
Use your favorite dried fruits, plus candied cherries and nuts, in this light-gold, mildly flavored cake. Or use the fruit/nut combination suggested below.
Golden Fruitcake
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| Hands-on time: | 25 mins. to 30 mins. |
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| Baking time: | 50 mins. to 1 hrs 20 mins. |
| Total time: | Overnight, 1 hrs 10 mins. to 1 hrs 50 mins. |
| Yield: | Two standard loaves, or an indeterminate number of smaller gift loaves, depending on size |
Ingredients
Fruit
- 2 cups raisins: golden, jumbo, or your favorite type of raisins
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup dried apricots, chopped
- 1 cup candied lemon peel
- 1 3/4 cups candied red cherries
- 3/4 cup brandy, rum, or whiskey; or apple juice, plus extra to brush over the cakes when they come out of the oven
Cake
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon Fiori di Sicilia, optional
- 5 large eggs
- 3 3/4 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups diced pecans or walnuts, optional
Fruit
- 10 ounces raisins: golden, jumbo, or your favorite type of raisins
- 4 1/4 ounces dried cranberries
- 4 1/4 ounces dried apricots, chopped
- 4 1/2 ounces candied lemon peel
- 10 ounces candied red cherries
- 6 ounces brandy, rum, or whiskey; or apple juice, plus extra to brush over the cakes when they come out of the oven
Cake
- 8 ounces unsalted butter
- 12 1/4 ounces sugar
- 2 3/4 ounces light corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon Fiori di Sicilia, optional
- 5 large eggs
- 15 3/4 ounces King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 8 ounces milk
- 7 1/2 ounces diced pecans or walnuts, optional
Fruit
- 283g raisins: golden, jumbo, or your favorite type of raisins
- 120g dried cranberries
- 120g dried apricots, chopped
- 128g candied lemon peel
- 283g candied red cherries
- 170g brandy, rum, or whiskey; or apple juice, plus extra to brush over the cakes when they come out of the oven
Cake
- 227g unsalted butter
- 347g sugar
- 78g light corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon Fiori di Sicilia, optional
- 5 large eggs
- 447g King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 227g milk
- 213g diced pecans or walnuts, optional
Directions
1) To prepare the fruit: Combine the dried fruit (except for the candied cherries) with liquid in a bowl. Cover and let the mixture steep overnight.
2) Preheat the oven to 300°F. Lightly grease the loaf pans of your choice: two 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" loaf pans OR five 7" wooden bakers OR six 7" paper bake & give pans.
3) To prepare the cake: In a large bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, corn syrup, baking powder, salt, and flavors.
4) Beat in the eggs one at time.
5) Stir in the flour alternately with the milk.
6) Add the undrained fruit, the candied cherries, and the nuts.
7) Spoon the batter into the lightly greased baking pans, filling them three-quarters full.
8) Bake the cakes for 50 to 80 minutes, depending on the size of the pans; smaller pans will bake for the shorter length of time. When done, the cakes will be a light golden brown all over, and a cake tester inserted into the center will come out clean.
9) Remove the cakes from the oven. Brush with brandy or the liquor of your choice while warm.
10) When completely cooled, wrap well and let rest at least 24 hours (or for up to a month, brushing with liquor or flavored syrup weekly), before serving.
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Permalink Reply by art deco cakes by galidink on
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I MADE 3 of them, WITH OUT RAISINS!!!~brushed it with ROYAL CHAMBRORD LIQEUR ! YUM , CANT wait to taste it !!!
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OH ! I PUT MY OWN FRUITS AND PEACANS , AS I WANTED , . 4 OZ , ONLY !
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THIS IS MY FIRST FRUIT CAKES !!!
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Permalink Reply by Katy Nott on
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Ooh Gail - they do look delicious! Beautiful gloss on them from the liquer
art deco cakes by galidink said:THIS IS MY FIRST FRUIT CAKES !!!
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oh Katy i wish you could come taste it ,
Katy Nott said:
Ooh Gail - they do look delicious! Beautiful gloss on them from the liquer
art deco cakes by galidink said:THIS IS MY FIRST FRUIT CAKES !!!
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wouldn't that be something!
art deco cakes by galidink said:
oh Katy i wish you could come taste it ,
Katy Nott said:
Ooh Gail - they do look delicious! Beautiful gloss on them from the liquer
art deco cakes by galidink said:THIS IS MY FIRST FRUIT CAKES !!!
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; ) OK SINCE YOUR NOT COMMING , I WILL EAT YOUR PC !!!
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; ))))
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