Recipe: Yummy Chocolate Christmas Fruit Cake

Chocolate Christmas Fruit Cake. Want To Learn How To Bake Delicious Cakes? I also made this cake for Christmas and was very disappointed. I thought this would be a lovely moist fruit cake but it was dry and just crumbled when I cut it.

I was watching Nigella's Christmas special last holiday season, and saw her make a fantastic chocolate fruit cake. If you insert a cake tester into the centre of the cake it will still be a little gooey in the middle. Put the cake on a cooling rack. You can have Chocolate Christmas Fruit Cake using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Christmas Fruit Cake

Prepare 2 cups of chopped Dry Fruits of your choice (Dates, Prunes, Cranberries, Figs, Raisins, Sultanas, Apricots).
It's 1 cup of Dark Rum (Whisky, Sherry or Brandy will also do).
It's 250 grams of Black raisins.
It's 250 grams of Dried soft prunes.
It's 1/4 cup of Honey.
Prepare 2 of Oranges, zest and juice.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of Mixed spice- (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg).
Prepare 2 tablespoons of Cocoa powder.
It's 3 tablespoons of Grape Juice.
Prepare 3/4 cup of Butter.
It's 3/4 cup of Dark brown sugar.
Prepare 3 medium of Eggs.
Prepare 1 1/4 cups of All purpose Flour.
Prepare 1/2 cup of Ground almonds (with or without skin)-.
It's 1/2 teaspoon of Baking powder.
You need 1/2 teaspoon of Baking Soda.
You need pinch of Salt.

This Christmas fruit cake was a breeze to make since I did not have to prepare the caramel. A sinfully rich Chocolate Fruit cake with mixed fruits that have been steeped in rum for over a year, cocoa powder and mixed spice. Place dried pineapple, raisins, apricots, dates, cranberries, and brandy in a large microwave safe bowl and stir to combine. Chocolate Christmas Cake, also known as Panforte Italian Christmas Cake, is an easy to make Christmas dessert, with maple syrup, nuts, dark chocolate, cocoa, spices, and dried fruit.

Chocolate Christmas Fruit Cake step by step

In a clean, dry glass jar, add the chopped dry fruits and the rum and mix well together with a wooden spoon. Seal the jar and keep in a cool, dry place away from sunlight. Every 2-3 days, give the fruit a mix and add about ¼ cup more rum if it looks too dry. You can soak the dry fruits for 1 – 4 weeks before you bake the cake..
Reheat the oven to 150 degrees for 10 minutes. In a broad pan, add the raisins and chopped prunes. Add butter, mixed spice powder, dark brown sugar, honey, orange zest from 2 oranges and orange juice from 1 and 1/2 orange add remaining half at-last if needed..
Add cocoa powder, grape juice and bring the mixture to boil in low flame. It takes about 5-8 minutes to start the mixture to bubble. Once the bubbles start to appear on the edges, switch off the gas and allow the mixture to cool for about 30 minutes. Prepare the cake tin by lining bottom and the sides of the cake. To protect the top of the cake from burning keep the side little larger the tin..
In a blender jar, add the blanched or whole almonds and make a powder. In a separate bowl add the all purpose flour, ground almonds, baking powder, baking soda and salt together and mix with a whisk to combine well. After around 30 minutes, once the mixture has cooled a little, add the beaten eggs. Now add this flour almond mix into the fruit mixture and mix with a spatula until the ingredients have combined..
If you feel the batter is thick drizzle little orange juice now to loosen the batter. Carefully pour the fruit cake mixture into the lined 20 cm with minimum of 7-8 cm height cake tin. Cover the cake tin with another wax paper on top to prevent the sides from burning. Transfer the cake tin to the oven and bake for around 1 and 3/4 to 2 hours, or until the top of the cake is firm. If you insert a sharp knife into the middle of the cake the knife should come out clean..

A Christmas cake that's both vegan and paleo friendly with a rich chewy toffee-like texture. Serve in small slices or box it as DIY holiday gift. Nigella's easy chocolate fruit cake is dark, moist and delicious - loaded with coffee and orange flavours. Perfect for Christmas or anytime of the year. Add the eggs a little at a time.