The month of December is coming to an end and this Christmas cake recipe with dried fruit is a great option for afternoon coffee or even dinner.
With a soft dough and a non-traditional filling, this Christmas dessert combines orange zest, walnuts, apricots and raisins, providing an explosion of flavours. To ensure the succulence of the dessert, this recipe also includes a delicious sugar syrup, accompanied by fresh green grapes, cherries and almonds.
Did your mouth water? Prepare the Christmas cake with dried fruit today. The recipe will make this time of year even more delicious!
Christmas cake recipe with dried fruit
Time: 1 hour
Performance: 8 servings
Difficulty: easy
Ingredients:
- 1 cup and 1/2 cup (tea) milk
- 1/2 cup (tea) oil
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups (tea) of wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon of yeast
- 1/2 cup chopped apricots
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup seedless black raisins
- 1 tablespoon of rum
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- Margarine and wheat flour for greasing
Roof
- 1 cup (tea) powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons of water
- Almonds, green grapes and cherries in syrup to decorate
Preparation method:
- In a mixer, add the milk, oil, eggs, sugar and beat until you obtain a homogeneous mixture.
- Add the flour, yeast and continue to beat for a few minutes.
- Add the apricots, walnuts, raisins, rum, orange zest and mix with a spoon.
- Pour into a greased and floured medium round baking pan and bake in a preheated medium oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from the oven, let cool and remove from the mold.
- For topping, mix sugar and water until dissolved.
- Spread on the cake, decorate with almonds, grapes and cherries and serve.
Source: Terra
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