Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, soaking fruits for rich fruit cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Soaking fruits for rich fruit cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Soaking fruits for rich fruit cake is something which I have loved my entire life.
This post is a detailed guide on How To Soak Fruits for Christmas Fruit Cake. The choice of fruits and the proportions in the recipe below are similar for soaking in alcohol or in an non alcoholic liquid, and I have given the steps for both types (the timelines for a non-alcoholic liquid are given at the end of this write up). The timelines do differ, as well as how to preserve the fruits for. Of course, the step of repeatedly brushing alcohol on the cake means we have to make it well in advance of Christmas.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have soaking fruits for rich fruit cake using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Soaking fruits for rich fruit cake:
- Prepare Raisins
- Get Green cherries
- Prepare Red cherries
- Take Rum or Brandy
- Get Candied orange peels(Check my profile for recipe)
- Make ready Sultanas
- Take Tutti frutti
Choose the best flavored alcohol and the best quality fruits. I use this mix to bake my Christmas cake, dutch plum cake, Easter cake and wedding fruit cakes. I only soak these dried fruits for my fruit cakes. The rest of the fruits and nuts will be added when baking.
Instructions to make Soaking fruits for rich fruit cake:
- Cut cherries and tutti frutti in smaller pieces.
- Place in a glass jar.
- Pour in your rum or brandy.
- Store in a dark place.
- Once in a while check the fruits and add the alcohol. The fruits. should be completely submerged.
- Use them in your rich fruit cake.
I only soak these dried fruits for my fruit cakes. The rest of the fruits and nuts will be added when baking. This entire fruit soaking process and Christmas Fruit Cake/Pudding baking can be done in three ways. First only follow the traditional way; soak fruits before three months of Christmas (i.e. first/ second week of September) and bake the cake five weeks before Christmas (i.e. last week of November) and mature it by feeding alcohol once a week until Christmas. First second week of september and bake the cake five weeks before christmas ie.
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