Caramel Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe
Delightful Caramel Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe for a Beautiful Molded Cake. This exquisite bundt cake is adorned and glazed, then preserved with a touch of brandy for added flavor.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 2 hrs
- Total Time: 2 hrs15 min.
- Yield: 1 large fruit cake 1x
- Category: Desserts, cakes, Christmas
- Method: Oven Baking
- Cuisine: South african
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 eggs
- 2 cups or 454 g (1 lb) of butter
- 2 cups (1 lb )of castor sugar
- 3 x 500g packets of cake fruit mix. (currents, sultana, raisins, peels)
- 3/4 cups 81/4 lb) almonds
- 2 cups (1/2 lb) of whole pitted glazed cherries (love to include more)
- 3 cups (1 1/2 lbs) of flour
- 1 Tablespoon of caramel
- 1 teaspoon of mixed spice
- 1/4 pint of brandy, (4 oz)
- 1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate of sods
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
For the vanilla icing glaze
- 2 cups of icing sugar or castor sugar
- 1/4 cup (2–4 Tblsp)of unsalted melted butter
- 2–4 Tablespoons of hot water or milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract. (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 Deg. C (before baking)
- Grease and Line the baking pans (or line the trays with flour) or if you use a mold use spray and cook or butter to grease it.
- Cream butter and sugar well, then beat in eggs one at a time by hand.
- Stir in all the other ingredients until its well mixed and no signs of flour. Place the cake mix in the baking trays. Or mold and then place them in the oven. May use two large cake tins, or large roasting pan. (using a mold will have left overs then place in one cake tin.)
- Turn the oven down to 180 Deg. C and bake for about 2 hours until cooked.
- PS: may need to cover with brown paper or wax paper at first so the cake does not burn on top. Then take the paper off for the last 1/2 hour to cook properly. IF you use a flat baking pan.
For the white icing glaze for decoration
- In a large bowl, add the fine sugar and the melted butter and the warm milk or water. Mix until all is blended.
- Then with a mixer beat until smooth and creamy, add a little more liquid if required for a good consistency.
- Drizzle over the cooled fruit bundt cake in between the lower shapes and leave to run a little.
- This glazing may be used on any cakes, cup cakes, or muffins or desserts.
Notes
This makes a very large cake mix, therefore use a large baking pan or roasting pan, even make two cake tins.