Coffee Fruitcake

Name: Coffee Fruitcake
Prep time: 7 h
Cook time: 7 h
Total time: 7 h
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 789 milliliters lb dried currants; 4 larges eggs; 828 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 473 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 237 milliliters molasses (not robust or blackstrap); 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg; 710 milliliters lb raisins; 1 teaspoon salt; 237 milliliters lukewarm strong coffee; 237 milliliters sticks unsalted butter, softened

Coffee Fruitcake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 16. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 550 calories, 6g of protein, and 13g of fat per serving. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. Head to the store and pick up nutmeg, eggs, ground cloves, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 7 hours. ... Not Like American Fruitcake), and Fruitcake Pie.

Instructions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 250°F.

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Brush loaf pans lightly with oil, then line bottom and sides with foil, pressing corners to help adhere.

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Cooking Oil

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Aluminum Foil

Sift together flour, cinnamon, salt, cloves, and nutmeg into a large bowl.

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Cinnamon

Clove

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Toss currants and raisins with 2 tablespoons flour mixture in a bowl. Stir together coffee and baking soda in a small bowl until dissolved.

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Baking Soda

Currants

Raisins

Coffee

All Purpose Flour

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Beat together with butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 5 to 7 minutes.

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Butter

Sugar

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Add eggs, 2 at a time, beating well after each addition, and beat in molasses. Reduce speed to low, then add flour mixture and coffee mixture alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture and mixing until just smooth. Fold in dried fruit mixture.

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Dried Fruit

Molasses

Coffee

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Divide batter between loaf pans and smooth tops by gently rapping bottom of each pan against counter.

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Bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center of each cake comes out clean, 2 3/4 to 3 1/4 hours (cakes may sink slightly in center). Cool pans on racks 10 minutes, then loosen foil from sides of pans with knife and turn out cakes onto racks. Peel off foil and cool cakes completely, about 3 hours.

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