Christmas is just few days away..This is the time of the year where plum cakes start filling the racks of every bakery in my hometown. Let s have a look of how to soak dry fruits in orange juice for traditional Christmas fruit cake or plum cake.
Christmas Fruit cakes or plum cakes are made with dry fruits or chopped /candied fruits, soaked in an alcoholic liquid with nuts and spices. The sweetness of the fruits, sourness from the liquid, the crunchiness of the nuts, and the flavours of the all spice, makes it a well-balanced Christmas cake.
Another aspect of this recipe which I like is the variety and the options available for the ingredients of this cake. For all my non-alcoholic readers, in today’s recipe I have substituted the alcohol with orange juice. At first look, soaking fruits in orange juice and then adding more to the cake batter might seem a bit scary and a sweetness overload, but the nuts add the needed crunchiness & balance the sweetness. And if you wanted to try the alcoholic version, orange juice can be replaced with alcohol.
Ingredients
Orange juice 1 cup
Golden raisin 1/4 cup or 25 gms
Black raisin 1/4 cup or 25 gms
Chopped cranberries 1/4 cup or 25 gms
Chopped Apricot 1/2 cup or 50 gms
Tutti fruiti 1/4 cup or 25 gms
Chopped dates 1/2 cup or 50 gms
Cherries 1/4 cup (optional)
A few tips:
Dry Fruits varieties: Raisins/Sultanas, apricots, dates (seedless), prunes, currants, figs, tutti fruit, glazed cherries, dried unsweetened cranberries.
Nuts: Cashews, Almonds, Walnuts.
Soaking liquid (alcoholic): Rum, Brandy, Amarula, Baileys Irish Coffee.
Soaking liquid (non-alcoholic): 100% grape juice, apple juice, orange juice, or water.
Spices: Ground all spice; ½ tsp cinnamon powder
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