Free Range Fruitcake

Name: Free Range Fruitcake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 414 milliliters all purpose flour; 6 allspice berries, ground; 237 milliliters unfiltered apple juice; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 10 servings Brandy for basting and/or spritzing; 59 milliliters candied ginger, chopped; 118 milliliters sun dried cherries; 237 milliliters currants; 118 milliliters dried apricots, chopped; 2 eggs; 237 milliliters golden raisins; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 Zest of lemon, chopped coarsely; 1 Zest of orange, chopped coarsely; 59 milliliters toasted pecans, broken; 237 milliliters gold rum; 2 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 118 milliliters sun dried cranberries; 118 milliliters sun dried blueberries; 142 grams unsalted butter (1 1/4 sticks); 4 cloves whole cloves, ground

Free Range Fruitcake

Free Range Fruitcake might be a good recipe to expand your dessert repertoire. This recipe serves 10. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 659 calories, 10g of protein, and 27g of fat per serving. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. If you have baking soda, baking powder, brandy, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Combine dried fruits, candied ginger and both zests.

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Candied Ginger

Fruit

Add rum and macerate overnight, or microwave for 5 minutes to re-hydrate fruit.

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Fruit

Rum

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Microwave

Place fruit and liquid in a non-reactive pot with the sugar, butter, apple juice and spices. Bring mixture to a boil stirring often, then reduce heat and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes.

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Apple Juice

Butter

Spices

Fruit

Sugar

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Pot

Remove from heat and cool for at least 15 minutes. (Batter can be completed up to this point, then covered and refrigerated for up to 2 days. Bring to room temperature before completing cake.)

Heat oven to 325 degrees.

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Oven

Combine dry ingredients and sift into fruit mixture. Quickly bring batter together with a large wooden spoon, then stir in eggs one at a time until completely integrated, then fold in nuts. Spoon into a 10-inch non-stick loaf pan and bake for 1 hour. Check for doneness by inserting toothpick into the middle of the cake. If it comes out clean, it's done. If not, bake another 10 minutes, and check again.

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Fruit

Egg

Nuts

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Wooden Spoon

Toothpicks

Oven

Loaf Pan

Remove cake from oven and place on cooling rack or trivet. Baste or spritz top with brandy and allow to cool completely before turning out from pan.

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Brandy

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Wire Rack

Oven

Frying Pan

When cake is completely cooled, seal in a tight sealing, food safe container. Every 2 to 3 days, feel the cake and if dry, spritz with brandy. The cake's flavor will enhance considerably over the next two weeks. If you decide to give the cake as a gift, be sure to tell the recipient that they are very lucky indeed.

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Brandy