This is a cute and delicious Christmas classic.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups (400 g) flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp powdered ginger
- Pinch of salt
- 3 tbsp apricot marmalade
- 3 tbsp sunflower oil
- 2 tbsp sour cream
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup (250 ml) milk
- 2 tbsp rum
- ½ cup (100 g) sugar
- 3.3 oz (100 g) raisins
- 3.3 oz (100 g) mixed dried fruit (i used currants and figs)
- 3.3 oz (100 g) almonds, chopped
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Zest of ½ orange
Instructions:
- Whisk dry ingredients and combine with wet ingredients.
- Add currants, raisins, chopped almonds and chopped figs. Add orange and lemon zest.
- Preheat oven to 359 F (180 C).
- Bake in round cake pan covered with parchment paper or in bread loaf pan for 35 minutes (test with skewer).
Christmas baking: Fruitcake • Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients:
- 3 cups (400 g) flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp powdered ginger
- Pinch of salt
- 3 tbsp apricot marmalade
- 3 tbsp sunflower oil
- 2 tbsp sour cream
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup (250 ml) milk
- 2 tbsp rum
- ½ cup (100 g) sugar
- 3.3 oz (100 g) raisins
- 3.3 oz (100 g) mixed dried fruit (i used currants and figs)
- 3.3 oz (100 g) almonds, chopped
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Zest of ½ orange
Christmas baking: Fruitcake Nutrition Facts:
• Diet:
• Calories: 190.40
• Fat: 105.96
• Carbs: 214.83
• Protein: 77.55
• Cholesterol: 12.75
• Calcium: 146.03
• Sodium: 96.58* E.g. 137.29 = 137mg or 137g – 29%
Nutrition Facts labels are not always factual.