Best Fast N Fabulous Chocolate Fruitcake Recipes

fast'n Fabulous Fruitcake Recipe - (4.3/5) image

Provided by bwhip

Number Of Ingredients 7

Steps:

Preheat oven to 300F. Grease two loaf pans stir together flour and soda. Set aside. In large bowl combine eggs, mincemeat, eagle brand milk, chopped cherries and chopped walnuts. Add dry ingredients, mix well. Divide batter evenly between pans. Bake 1 hour 20_25 min. or until done. Cool 15 min.. Turn out of pans. Cool completely on wire racks. Wrap in foil well. Store in freezer or fridge.

Mike's Fabulous Fruitcake image

Provided by Steingrim

Categories Dessert

Time 3h20m

Yield 25-30 mini loaves

Number Of Ingredients 20

1 lb dried currant
1 lb dried apricot
1/2 lb dried dates
1/2 lb dried fig
1/4 lb candied orange peel
1/4 lb candied lemon peel
1/4 lb crystallized ginger
1/2 lb walnuts
3 cups Southern Comfort
1 lb flour
1 lb brown sugar
1 lb butter
2 tablespoons lyle golden syrup
8 eggs
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
3 -4 cups Southern Comfort, for soaking,as needed (optional)

Steps:

Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
Coarsely chop fruit, orange and lemon peel, ginger, and walnuts, then soak overnight in Southern Comfort.
In a very large bowl (a very big KitchenAid mixer works well) beat together the butter, brown sugar, and golden syrup, then beat in the eggs one at a time.
Add in flour, spices, and fruit-nut mixture.
Put in a greased 10-inch square pan or put in greased mini loaf pans; do not fill pans more than 2/3 full.
If using one pan, set it in a water bath to bake, but a water bath is not necessary for mini-loaves; bake at 275 degrees F for 3-4 hours (1-2 hours for mini loaves).
Cakes are done when a toothpick inserted comes out clean and dry.
Optional: soak finished fruitcake (s), wrapped in cheesecloth, in additional Southern Comfort.
Optional (preferred): let loaves"cure" for about 30 days in an airtight container in a cool place.
Makes about 25-30 mini loaves or 3 to 4 full sized loaves.