Over night soaked fruit cake. Speedy Christmas Cake that requires no overnight fruit soaking! An easy fruit cake that's rich with a velvety texture, super moist and full flavoured. I know Christmas is coming so everyone has almost started with the Fruitcake preparations.

I show you all the tips and tricks to successfully soak fruits for Christmas. This beloved rum soaked fruit cake is highly revered and sought after during Christmas time as well as weddings and celebrations. If you've never had this cake, at first glance it may resemble that of a chocolate cake, but the deep dark color comes from the main ingredient- dried macerated fruits. You can have Over night soaked fruit cake using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Over night soaked fruit cake

Prepare 225 g of plain flour.
Prepare 225 g of butter.
You need 225 g of dark brown sugar.
It's 4 of eggs.
Prepare 2 tsp of cinnamon.
It's 2 tsp of mixed spice.
It's 1 of kilo mixed fruit.
You need 750 of fl orange/apple juice (brandy if wish).

This light and fruity afternoon treat uses our new National Trust Fairtrade tea; blended exclusively for us in partnership with Clipper. If you leave the fruit to soak overnight this will impart more of the tea flavour to the fruit. Soak the dry fruits in either of the juice overnight in the fridge. Brandy softens the fruit and mellows the cake part of the fruitcake.

Over night soaked fruit cake step by step

Measure out all fruit and mixed with fluids. Leave overnight to soak up the liquid and expand the fruit..
Preheat oven to 140 degrees.
Mix flour, sugar, spices, eggs and butter in a large mixing bowl. Mix until smooth.
Slowly add the fruit, mixing as you go..
Transfer the cake into greased tins..
Leave to cook for 4 hours, after look for a spongy top and a clean knife..

You'll become a fruitcake Cover the bowl and let it sit overnight. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and spread it out to. This easy fruit cake recipe is an easy christmas cake recipe with rum. Tip the dried fruits, ginger and rum into a bowl and leave to soak for a couple of hours or overnight, if you like. This fruit cake recipe is from The Step-By-Step Guide to Making Traditional and Fantasy Cakes by Elaine McGregor. or Orange juice to soak the fruit overnight.