UNCLE BILL'S CHRISTMAS FRUITCAKE WITH BRANDY
I first made this cake just over 30 years ago when our liquor was inexpensive. I continued this tradition ever since. The cake is nice and moist and has a most delightful flavor. Very Nutty and Fruity. Makes about 12 to 13 pounds of cake.
Provided by William Uncle Bill
Categories Dessert
Time 6h
Yield 70-80 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Remove pineapple rings from syrup.
- DO NOT USE SYRUP IN CAKE.
- Cut both red and green pineapple rings into chunks (about 6 chunks of each ring.) In a large mixing bowl, add red and green pineapple chunks, pecans, almonds, red and green maraschino cherries, mixed peel and raisins and mix well.
- Add the entire bottle of Brandy and mix well.
- Cover the bowl tightly with food film wrap and let stand overnight.
- During this marinate, mix at least two times.
- THE NEXT DAY.
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
- Sift 3/4 cup of flour over marinated fruit and mix well to coat.
- Now sift an additional 1/2 cup flour over fruit and mix well again.
- In a mixing bowl cream butter; set aside.
- In a separate mixing bowl, beat eggs with 2 tablespoons of milk.
- Add baking soda and almond extract to the beaten eggs and mix well.
- Add remainder of 1 1/2 cups of flour over the fruit and mix well.
- Add creamed butter and egg mixture over fruit and mix well.
- Add granulated sugar, brown sugar, mace and cinnamon and mix very well.
- Prepare 3 bread pans (4" x 8" x 3" deep) with parchment paper (or brown paper.) Pour cake mixture equally into each pan to about 3/4" below top of pan.
- The cakes should be between 2" and 2 1/2" in thickness.
- Bake in preheated 275 F oven for 4 to 5 hours on the middle rack.
- If top of cake starts to brown too much, cover with aluminum foil and continue baking.
- Test cake for doneness with a wooden testing stick.
- If stick comes out dry, the cakes are done.
- Remove cakes from oven and let cool in pans.
- When cooled, remove from pans and place on metal racks for about 3 hours.
- Remove the brown paper carefully and discard.
- Baste the tops of each cake with Apricot Brandy or if desired with 151 Overproof Rum.
- Wrap each cake in about 4 thicknesses of cheese cloth.
- Now wrap each cake with 2 layers of heavy duty aluminum foil.
- Store the cakes in a cool place for at least 1 month before using (this is when they are best.) A few days before serving, unwrap the top of the foil and baste the cake through the cheesecloth with brandy or rum.
- Re-wrap and let sit for a few days.
- This cake freezes very well.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 279.5, Fat 9.8, SaturatedFat 1.6, Cholesterol 18.6, Sodium 38.4, Carbohydrate 39.9, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 31.5, Protein 3.3
RICH BRANDY CHRISTMAS FRUITCAKE
A very very rich fruitcake...perfect for Christmas, just remember, the longer it sits in the tin, the tastier it will be.
Provided by Samuel Holden
Categories Dessert
Time 5h20m
Yield 8 inch cake
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- The night before you cook this place all the fruit fruit peel and nuts into a bowl and soak for 12 hours in the brandy and orange juice; Stir every time you go into the kitchen!
- pre-heat oven to 275ºF/140ºC.
- Grease and line with greaseproof paper an 8 inch/20cm round cake tin.
- Sift the flour salt and spices into a large mixing bowl.
- In a separate bowl cream the butter and sugar together until the mixtures fluffy.
- Beat the eggs and add them a little at a time.
- Fold in the flour and spices.
- Stir in the fruit that has been soaking along with any excess liquid.
- Mix in the treacle.
- Spoon into the cake tin and spread out evenly.
- Cover the cake with a double square of greaseproof paper with a small hole in the top.
- Bake the cake on the lower shelf for 4& 1/4- 3/4 hours.
- When the cake is cold wrap in double greaseproof paper and store in an airtight tin.
- Feed the cake every two days for the first 2 weeks with a spoonful of brandy and/or orange juice and/or glacè cherry syrup.
- First poke little holes in the cake with a knitting needle or a skewer.
- Come Christmas you will have a very very rich fruit cake.
- Use royal icing to ice it or almond paste and royal icing, I don't like almond paste!
MOLASSES FRUITCAKE
I love dark fruitcake and this one is my favorite. This one keeps very well...especially if brandied! Makes two loaves or one 9 inch tube pan.
Provided by Aroostook
Categories Dessert
Time 1h20m
Yield 2 loaf pans or one 9inch tube pan, 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Butter 2 9x5 loaf pans.
- Line them with foil and butter again.
- Mix spices with the flour and take a small amount and dust the foil lined pans with it.
- Set pans aside.
- Take baking soda and add to the flour and spice mixture.
- Set aside.
- Cream butter then add brown sugar to it.
- Cream again until sugar is incorporated.
- Add lemon extract and eggs and beat well.
- Add applesauce and molasses and blend.
- Add flour/spice mixture and beat well.
- Stir in candied fruit, citron, raisins and pecan.
- Spoon into pans and cover tops with walnut meats.
- Bake for 1- 1 1/4 hours (until toothpick comes out clean).
- Let set for 7-10 minutes then turn out on racks and cool.
- When completely cooled, wrap well and store in an airtight container.
- *If you want brandied fruitcake: soak 2 pieces of cheesecloth in brandy.
- Wrap fruitcake up with cheesecloth then wrap tightly with foil.
- Open up every other day for a week and add additional brandy.
- Serve away from flames.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 203.5, Fat 9.5, SaturatedFat 3.1, Cholesterol 36.6, Sodium 118.3, Carbohydrate 28.4, Fiber 1.2, Sugar 16.6, Protein 2.9
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