Xmas Chocolate Fruit Cake Pt. 2
Xmas Chocolate Fruit Cake Pt. 2

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, xmas chocolate fruit cake pt. 2. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

This chocolate fruit cake is a fun twist on the classic Christmas dessert. It's packed with flavor from rich chocolate, cranberries, figs, and apricots. This chocolate fruit cake is a little out of my comfort zone - but I just had to give it a try. Stir in dried fruit and mixed peel, cover and leave to soak overnight.

Xmas Chocolate Fruit Cake Pt. 2 is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Xmas Chocolate Fruit Cake Pt. 2 is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook xmas chocolate fruit cake pt. 2 using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Xmas Chocolate Fruit Cake Pt. 2:
  1. Get Spices:
  2. Make ready 1/2 Inch Cinnamon,
  3. Prepare 6 Cloves,
  4. Get 12 Allspice Berries,
  5. Prepare Pinch Nutmeg Freshly Grated,
  6. Prepare Cake:
  7. Take 150 g Unsalted Butter,
  8. Take 38 g Dark Muscovado Sugar,
  9. Take 75 g Demerara Sugar,
  10. Take 50 g Ghee,
  11. Get 2 Eggs,
  12. Make ready 85 g Unbleached All Purpose Flour,
  13. Take 28 g Dark Rye Flour,
  14. Make ready 60 g High Quality Cocoa Powder Preferably Valrhona or Callebaut,
  15. Prepare Fresh Lemon Zest, 1/2 Lemon
  16. Make ready Fresh Lemon Juice, 1/2 Lemon
  17. Make ready Cointreau / Grand Marnier / Dark Rum, 38g + More For Feeding & Flambeé
  18. Prepare 57 g Walnuts Corasely Chopped,
  19. Get 57 g Pistachios Corasely Chopped,

It's so easy, this is the first Christmas fruit cake I tried to make, it's the only fruit cake I've ever made that turned out nice and almost brownie-ish. My dried fruits of choice are apple, apricots, sultanas, peaches and pears. And here's how the making part goes down. The key step that makes this so much faster to make than other fruit cakes is the fruit soaking step.

Instructions to make Xmas Chocolate Fruit Cake Pt. 2:
  1. Preparing the spice. - - Blitz cinnamon, cloves and allspice berries in a spice grinder until powder forms. - - Transfer into a small bowl. - - Grate in the nutmeg. - - Mix until well combined. - - Set aside.
  2. Prepare the cake. - - Preheat oven to 150 degree celsius or 300 fahrenheit. - - Lightly grease loaf pan or cake pan with butter. - - Lined with parchment paper on the bottom as well as the sides. - - Run aluminium foil around the pan, cut and fold to create like a ring. - - Tie the aluminium foil with a thread. - - This is to prevent the cake from rising unevenly. Make sure the reflective side is facing towards out.
  3. Melt 75g of butter in a skillet. - - Once the butter has melted and starts to "sing", keep a close eye on it, as it can go from browned to burn very fast. - - Once the "singing" has subsided, transfer into a coffee filter over a sieve and bowl. - - Set aside to cool down slightly. - - Weigh the browned butter, if it is under 75g, add any neutral oil to compensate.
  4. Cream the remaining 75g of butter in a large bowl with a hand or stand mixer. - - Cream until it is like mayo consistency. - - Add in the sugar. - - Continue creaming until everything is well combined, light and fluffy. - - Add in the ghee, eggs and the browned butter. - - Mix until well combined.
  5. Add in the freshly ground spices. - - Mix until well combined. - - Sieve and fold in the 2 flour in 1/3 portions at a time. - - Sieve and fold in the cocoa powder in 1/3 portions at a time. - - Once everything has incorporated, add in lemon zest and juice. - - Add in the soaked fruits mix and Cointreau. - - Fold until well combined. - - Add in the nuts. - - Fold until well combined.
  6. Transfer into the prepared cake or loaf pan. - - Wack into the oven and bake for 2hrs to 2.5 hrs or until it passes the skewer test. - - Check frequently after the 1.5 hr mark. - - Remove from oven and set aside to cool completely. - - Once cooled, unmold onto a shallow bowl. - - Add about 3 TBSP of Cointreau into a sauce pot. - - Using a blow torch, light up the Cointreau. - - Be very careful when doing this.
  7. Pour the flambé liqueur over the cake. - - Once the flame has seized, set aside to cool down completely. - - Once cooled, wrap with parchment paper or cling film. - - Wrap another layer of aluminium foil. - - Keep it in a cool and dry place. - - You can feed the cake with 1 TBSP of liqueur once every week for as long as you desire. - - I fed mine for only 2 weeks. - - Slice and enjoy.

And here's how the making part goes down. The key step that makes this so much faster to make than other fruit cakes is the fruit soaking step. Most recipes call for dried fruit to be soaked overnight. Prunes, rum and dark chocolate take this Christmas cake recipe to the next level. Two weeks after baking, prick all over and top up with extra rum - that's the fun part.

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