Best Homemade Japanese Fruit Cake Recipes

JAPANESE FRUIT CAKE MY MOM USED TO MAKE

Steps:

• TO MAKE CAKE: Cream butter.
• Gradually add sugar beating w/mixer on medium speed.
• Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Combine flour& baking powder; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning& ending w/flour mixture, mixing well after each addition.
• Stir in vanilla extract.
• Pour 1/3 of batter into well buttered& floured 9" round cake pan.
• Stir cinnamon& next 3 ingredients into the remaining batter.
• Pour into 2 well-buttered& floured 9" round cake pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes or until knife blade inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans 10 minutes, remove& cool completely on racks.
• Spread frosting between layers, on top& sides.
• Stack white layer between the 2 spiced layers.
• Garnish with pecan halves.
• FROSTING: Dissolve cornstarch in 1/2 cup water; set aside.
• Bring remaining 1 cup water to boiling in medium saucepan.
• Stir in the sugar, rind& juice.
• Return to a boil.
• Cook to soft ball stage (236 degrees F), stirring often.
• Gradually add to cornstarch mixture& continue.
• stirring.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick& bubbly.
• Remove from heat, stir in coconut.
• Cool.
• Stir frosting before spreading on cake.

JAPANESE FRUIT CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 4 (9 inch) round cake pans. Toss together the raisins, coconut and pecans in 1 cup of the flour until coated. Set aside.
• Cream butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in yolks one at a time. Sift together remaining 2 cups flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Add to creamed mixture, alternating with milk, mix until blended. Fold in raisin, pecan and coconut mixture.
• In a clean bowl, whip egg whites until stiff peaks develop. Fold into batter until no streaks remain.
• Divide batter into four 9 inch baking pans (about 1 1/2 to 2 cups per pan). Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire racks to finish cooling.
• To make the filling: Mix 2 cups sugar and 1/4 cup flour in a saucepan, add water and stir until dissolved. Chop lemons and oranges into small pieces and add to saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook until thick, about 10 minutes. Add 2 cups coconut. Allow to cool.
• Assemble cake with filling between layers, and ending with filling on top.

JAPANESE FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter insides of 2 9-inch layer cake pans. Sprinkle with flour and shake out excess.
• Cream together sugar and 1/2 pound of butter in mixing bowl until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift together 3 1/3 cups flour and baking powder and add mixture to batter alternately with milk and vanilla.
• Spoon and scrape half batter into one of prepared pans and smooth over top with spatula. Set aside.
• To remaining batter add allspice, cinnamon and cloves.
• Chop raisins and pecans and add them. Blend well. Spoon and scrape mixture into second pan. Smooth over top. Place in oven and bake 25 to 35 minutes or until straw inserted into center comes out clean. White cake will cook faster than fruit-and-nut cake.
• Remove layers from oven and let cool on rack about 5 minutes. Turn cakes out onto rack and let stand until completely cool.
• To prepare filling, combine 1 cup of water, lemon juice, lemon rind, 2 cups of coconut and sugar in saucepan. Bring to a boil.
• Combine cornstarch with the remaining 1/2 cup of water. Blend well and stir this into sauce. Cook over moderately low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture mounds or lumps when dropped from spoon (the temperature should be 205 to 210 degrees). Let cool.
• Place fruit-and-nut cake on cake plate and frost the top. Top this with white cake. Frost cake, top and sides. Sprinkle remaining coconut over the cake. The cake may be served immediately but is best if left to stand a day or so.

JAPANESE FRUIT CAKE RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°. Butter and flour two 9-inch round cake pans. Sift the cake flour with the baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter with the granulated sugar at high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir the vanilla into the buttermilk. Using a large rubber spatula, stir the dry ingredients into the batter in 2 batches, alternating with the butter-milk. Scrape half of the batter into 1 of the prepared cake pans and smooth the surface. Fold the walnuts, currants, cinnamon, allspice and cloves into the remaining half of the cake batter. Scrape the spice batter into the second cake pan and smooth the surface. Bake the cakes in the middle of the oven for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of each comes out clean. Transfer the cakes in their pans to wire racks and let cool for 15 minutes, then turn them out onto the racks and let cool completely. Leave the oven on. Spread the coconut on a large rimmed baking sheet and bake, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a plate and let cool. Using a serrated knife, halve each cake layer horizontally. Set 1 plain cake layer on a cake plate and spread with 1 cup of the frosting. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the toasted coconut over the frosting, then spoon 1/2 cup of the frosting around the edge and in the center of the cake. Top with a spice cake layer. Continue frosting and sprinkling with this and the remaining cake layers, alternating the plain and spice cakes. Spread the top of the cake with the remaining frosting and sprinkle with the remaining coconut. Cut into wedges and serve.

HOMEMADE JAPANESE FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Plain and fruit layers: Use 1/2 batter for 1 plain layer-take the other 1/2 and mix with fruit batter. Pour into greased and floured cake pans-Bake at 350 degrees until done-approximately 25-30 minutes for plain layers. 30-40 minutes for the fruit layers-test with toothpicks.
• 2. Icing for cake: Cook over medium heat until thick. You can add coconut to the batter before spreading onto the layers. After cake has been totally iced, take coconut and put on outside of cake. Decorate with cherries or pecans. Makes a beautiful cake for the holidays.

JAPANESE FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• --DARK LAYERS--.
• Mix together all ingredients except raisins, orange peel and nuts. Grind these or chop fine and mix with the cake mixture. Bake in 9" cake pans until done at 350 degrees. --.
• --WHITE LAYERS--.
• Mix and bake in layers, 9" pans at 350 degrees until done. --.
• --FILLING--.
• Mix ingredients together and cook about 20 minutes, stirring constantly, let cool a little and spread between layers of cooled cake layers.
• This recipe makes 2 cakes. Split each cake into half so that you have 2 layers each of light and dark cakes. Alternate layers when putting fruitcake together so that you have 1 dark, 1 white, 1 dark, 1 white layer.

JAPANESE FRUIT CAKE

Steps:

• Eggless Cake: Put sugar in mixing bowl.
• Add spices then buttermilk slowly mixing together.
• Mix together flour, soda raisins and nuts and add to buttermilk mixture.
• Blend thoroughly.
• Put in two 8 inch layer pans and cook at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
• Japanese Fruit Cake Filling: Combine all ingredients and cook until thick.
• Put between cake layers.