SMART COOKIE FRUITCAKE
Using naturally sweetened dried fruits and a curing time of 6 to 7 weeks ensures a beautifully flavored fruitcake that's even tastier than it is infamous. This recipe makes 4 mini loaves for easy gift-giving!
Provided by Smart Cookie
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Orange Dessert Recipes
Time P7DT8h52m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 26
Steps:
- Combine dates, cherries, raisins, blueberries, apricots, and ginger in a bowl. Pour spiced rum and chai on top and let soak 8 hours to overnight.
- Mix soaked fruit with orange juice, zest, butter, sugar, zest, and cinnamon stick. Bring to a simmer and cook until butter has melted and sugar has dissolved, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for 30 minutes.
- In the meantime, combine flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg in a medium bowl.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray 4 mini loaf pans with baking spray.
- Remove cinnamon stick from the soaked fruit; stir in the flour mixture until combined. Add eggs, mixing to combine, and fold in mixed nuts. Divide batter between the prepared loaf pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean, about 1 hour.
- Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife along the edges of each loaf and turn out of the pan. Brush warm cakes with more rum and let cool completely, at least 1 hour.
- Place cooled cakes in airtight containers and store in the refrigerator for 6 to 7 weeks. Dust with powdered sugar before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 302.3 calories, Carbohydrate 38.7 g, Cholesterol 46.1 mg, Fat 13.4 g, Fiber 2.8 g, Protein 4.4 g, SaturatedFat 6.3 g, Sodium 342.6 mg, Sugar 22.2 g
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