Festive Cranberry Christmas Fruit cake recipe with pecan nuts a glaze of orange juice. Light, moist and alcohol free, simple bake for the holidays.
Festive Cranberry Christmas Fruit cake
A delicious alcohol free Festive Cranberry Christmas Fruit cake recipe idea. Oven Bake light fruit cake with pecan nuts, and orange zest, and some golden syrup. A little orange glaze on top for some moisture. Popular dessert for the holiday season with a difference. Serve as the holiday season snack or treats for tea for visiting family and friends.
Do cranberries need to be cooked before baking?
No, it is not required to cook fresh or frozen cranberries before adding in baking recipes. They are a little tart and the baking recipes normally have added sugar in, which balances the flavors.
Should I soak dried cranberries before baking?
IF using the dried cranberries it would be recommended to soak them in some liquid before baking to plump them up. But seeing this recipe cooks them in liquid of butter and orange juice and zest it will soak up the liquid required. This will be all that is needed for the fruit cake bake.
Should you chop cranberries before baking?
Cranberries can be cut in half for your baking recipes, to prevent them from swelling. With this festive fruit cake the dried fruit is cooked with liquid to soften them. Therefore this recipe will not need the cranberries to soak. But for other baked recipes it would be wise to soak them first.
What can I use instead of alcohol in my Christmas cake?
Other alternatives to use instead of alcohol in fruit cakes are sweet sherry, Grand Marnier or Amaretto. But for my alcohol free recipes that do not need to be baked before hand dates were used. Alcohol is needed to preserve the fruit cakes that are baked ahead of Christmas season. Using a little orange juice to glaze the fruit cake is good, but not to douse the cake with it. You can not use fruit juices instead of alcohol to preserve the fruit cake it will get moldy. Bake a recipe that is not needing to be preserved.
Ingredients for Festive Cranberry Christmas Fruit cake
- mixed dried fruit
- dried cranberries
- dried currants
- orange juice, orange zest
- golden syrup
- brown sugar
- butter
- all-purpose flour, baking powder
- olive oil
- eggs
- pecans
- salt
- pumpkin pie spice
For all the amounts needed for this festive cranberry and pecan nuts Christmas fruit cake recipe and the full instructions get them in the recipe attached.
How To
Place dried fruit in a saucepan, add butter, orange juice (reserve 3 tbsp) and zest, sugar and golden syrup.
Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring. Then let cool.
Preheat the oven.(see recipe) Whisk eggs and olive oil, then add to the saucepan with dried fruits, stir.
Mix all wet ingredients together with dry (salt, spices, baking powder, flour), and add chopped nuts. Stir until smooth.
Transfer the batter to a loaf pan or a round pan about 7 inches in diameter. Cover the pan with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
Remove the foil and bake the cake for another 30-35 minutes, until a skewer comes out almost clean.
Let the finished cake cool for about 15 minutes, then remove from the pan.
Brush the top of the cake with the remaining little orange juice. When completely cooled, you can serve.
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Festive Cranberry Christmas Fruit cake
Festive Cranberry Christmas Fruit cake recipe with pecan nuts a glaze of orange juice. Moist and alcohol free, simple bake for the holidays.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 100 min
- Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Desserts, snacks, treats
- Method: Oven Baking
Ingredients
- 1 cup mixed dried fruit
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup dried currants
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup pecans
- 1/3 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
1. Place dried fruit in a saucepan, add butter, orange juice (reserve 3 tbsp) and zest, sugar and golden syrup.
2. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring. Then let cool.
3. Preheat the oven to 140 deg. C (285 deg. F.) Whisk eggs and olive oil, then add to the saucepan with dried fruits, stir.
4. Mix all wet ingredients together with dry (salt, spices, baking powder, flour), and add chopped nuts.
5. Stir until smooth.
6. Transfer the batter to a loaf pan or a round pan about 7 inches in diameter. Cover the pan with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
7. Remove the foil and bake the cake for another 30-35 minutes, until a skewer comes out almost clean.
8. Let the finished cake cool for about 15 minutes, then remove from the pan.
9. Brush the top of the cake with the remaining orange juice. When completely cooled, you can serve.
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