Amazing Fruit Cake - Great for Christmas and VERY forgiving
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I hope you're enjoying the festive season so far.
This is a Christmas cake (fruit cake) that I've been making for 2 decades! It's really lovely and very forgiving so great for people who don't bake often.
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Note: you'll probably get a little curdling when you add the eggs. DON'T WORRY it's ok and the cake will still turn out :)
You will need:
350g self raising flour +25g
250g butter/margarine (I prefer marg)
250g soft brown sugar
5 eggs (250g)
2-3 tablespoons black treacle
2-3 tablespoons rum/flavouring (use a spiced or dark rum if using alcohol)
1 lemon
3 tablespoons spices such as mixed spice- I have used mixed spice and cinnamon but nutmeg is also great (don't just use nutmeg though)
300g dried fruit - I have used sultanas, mixed fruit and glacé cherries
-You'll need baking powder if you don't use self raising flour
TEMP:You need to bake this cake at a low temperature. If your oven tends to run a little hot, lower the temp by 10-20 degrees. If your cake is browning too quickly, cover the cake in foil. You can bake the cake with the foil one the entire time if need been or just lower the temp.
Mix it up - go with 2 limes instead of lemon!
Add different mixed fruit to make it what you want.
You can even add a few nuts.
Why didn't you cut the cake to show the texture inside?
Who else is here after #BrandonFerris made (flubbed) this on his channel?
Me!
After watching the beginning to the end please cut the cake let use see the texture of the cake
It’s a shame the cake wasn’t cut to reveal the texture. Very clear directions and easy to follow though.
Pls when did u feed the cake with rum?
Is it immediately you bring it out of d oven?
Feed the cake with what ,,, I use rum but that doesn’t look like drink?
Use brandy.
Sorry there was no slice to show the inside texture.
sekereterra ... needs to age couple weeks to age it, then cut. Keeps nicely for couple months. No treacle? No problem, use blackened sugar or black molasses.
Slice the cake so we could see how it looks inside!!
Interesting version of fruit cake. My Mom soaked her fruit for a year. Mine have been soaking for YEARS.I have never seen it done without soaking the fruit. Thanks for showing another way, I just wish you showed it sliced so I could see the texture.
M. M. SCOTT I do hehe my dad told me this way sometimes longer ,,, the butter around the tray is to much 😂
What size cake tin can l use ?
I’ve never seen a black treacle in American stores. Maybe , I didn’t pay attention to that
thanks for sharing this recipe and here is with grams, no cups, spoons and baths
No worries! glad you liked it!! 💜
Can I add a bit of vanilla essence to the batter???
Sharon Braganza, you surely can add Vanilla essence 😊
Lime is better to use than lemon
Hi... Can I knw the size of the baking tin pls?
Hey Raymond, going by the look of it in the video it would seem like an 8 or 10 inch tin.
How much baking powder??
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Nice cake! But l only saw one egg added. What happened to the remaining 4 eggs?
To save time obviously..
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Fantastic fruit cake. It looks so good 😊
Almost like my mum's cake. She was Jamaican. Soak fruits in rum n cherry Brandy. When making cake, lime peel in eggs n beat lightly. Also add essence. Start flour, then eggs n alternate. Flour in 3, eggs in 2. Then add fruits until wooden spoon stands up! Add some Browning (burnt sugar n water), then put in lined pans. Bake at 350 for an hour then drop to 250.
When cake is cool, turn onto foil n soak. Then wrap completely in foil n put on plate. Can use cake pan to cover after washing.
Maybe u can try this recipe. The quantities are about the same as yours but more fruit. Add some prunes.
Always cut your cake to show the texture...
Hi can you please let me know how I can this recipe in cups or lb so can I can try your recipe please and thank you
250 grams is 1 1/4 cup
Thank you
Hi, The picture look great, May I know you used how many grams of Brandy to feed the cake?? Pls assist w thanks !
Ta! Thought it looked like Mollasses. Looks like what we call Black Strap Mollasses. (States.) Thank you for reply! Cake looks wonderful, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well!
Black treacle does have a slightly different flavour to molasses but not enough to make a difference when used in baking . I used to make a hard brittle candy called "bonfire toffee" every 5th Nov with Tate and Lyle's treacle, I still make it occasionally using molasses but it never seems to get quite as hard or brittle.
Like the Jamaican Black Cake... yum!!! I’m make several in next couple days...
I' ve got a question. May sound dumb to some of you but I have never used it or saw it in the store. What is Treacle?
Hi. What do you feed your cake with?
Delicious cake !! 😋😋😍
Looks like warm tar
Susan Anderson ... but it’s delectable.
Great recipe, my cake came out perfect!! Next time I’ll add more rum 😌
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I bake rum fruit cakes but I soak my fruits and mince them the traditional way but I will try your recipe.Ive never cover my cake with foil for baking- that's a very good tip which I'm going to try for definite.Thanks for sharing.
I always soak my fruit in Whiskey for 2/3 days before I make my cakes and I also use both the rind and juice of orange and lemon. I make a rich fruit cake
America dont uae grams
Hi. I'm not American, I'm English.
They don't use the metric system, too complicated for them
What is treacle
It’s a by product left over from the refining of sugar. Black treacle is also known as molasses.
Awh ok ty
Hello. Love your accent. What’s the best flavorful feeding? How much? I think you added 1/4 of cup?
Cutiepaws A Hi, thanks for checking out my video and your kind words 😊. I feed the cake around 50-80ml each time. This year I'm pouring Sherry but lots of people use Brandy or perhaps a darks spiced Rum. Merry Christmas!!! 🎄🎄🎄
Sorry I just went back over it. Once a week.
Where do you buy the dark color stuff you put into the cake?
Brown sugar ! You make Browning
Make it with brown sugar and water or rum to add the rum tho you have to remove the burnt sugar from the burner.
What is Treco? Not sure of the spelling?
Wonderful! I'm going to try it out myself..
Look so yummy !
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Do you soak your fruits?
There are a few ways to soak fruits (I don't do it every time but I do often - especially if I'm not making months in advance) If i'm short of time i'll either soak for a few days in run or sherry or i'll heat the alcohol and fruit in a pan over the stove until all of the fruit looks plump and has absorbed most or all of the liquid. :)
If you don't have treacle, molasses, burnt sugar or browning that you use for gravy or stews is just fine. It's just to get that dark color.
300g flour, 1tsp baking powder, 1tsp baking soda, 2tsp cinnamon powder, salt, vanilla, 850g mix dried fruit, 200g butter 100g sugar & 3 eggs
Is it 2 tsp salt?
Thank you
Hi i just saw this. Why do you need to feed the cake, is it because you want it to not go mouldy? Besides rum or alcohol, can we use other types of juices. Thanks!
I do use the alcohol to preserve the cake so it doesn't go off. I usually use spiced rum or Sherry. You could use brandy too. If you don't use alcohol, I would recommend eating it within a few weeks
@@karamelkitchen for those that dont or cant have alcohol due to recovering or just dont like alcohol they can use pineapple juice mixed with any other type of juice of fruit and feed it with that. People are smart enough to look it up.
But any hoo same process to wrap and keep it very air tight . How long shelf life is to this process can also be researched.
Live this recipe. Thanks for sharring
You feed it with rum? could you please make another one and show us a slice. Seems like a great recipe.
I use brandy
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Thank you - that's lovely 😊
Wow your cake looks amazing what size tin did you use please thank you for sharing ❤️❤️❤️❤️
What do you feed it with, you didn’t say?
Rum and cherry brandy.
fruits are hiding.
I'm going to upload a new video where I cut in to it so you can see the texture. Thank you!
Spray mine with blackberry Brandy as soon as I get it out the oven and then wrap up in cling wrap and let you have a well flavored cake
Great tip!
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How often do u feed the cake??
When it gets hungry it churps under the tin foil lol
@@curiouscat9204 lmao
where in new york are you
Hi. I'm English 💜
Birmingham, Uk
What do you feed the cake?
Sadie Baker
Hi. I generally feed it Sherry or a nice spiced rum like Captain Morgan. Not strictly necessary but absolutely delicious so worth doing❣
Yummy 💛💛💛
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Sadie Baker yes what do you feed the cake with...rum???
Sadie Baker u feed it with rum
very nice looking cake beautiful colour
Nice cake.
Too many eggs in ur cake. Sorry I wont be baking it.
Hi. If you tried the recipe, you'd know that there are not too many eggs. I use medium size eggs; if you use large eggs, you would use fewer. Thank you for your comment tho.
Thank you very much for sharing, I sure gonna try this for Christmas. It looks so delicious 😊👍...
Thanks!!! 😊😊😊
Mon Chimotor
@@karamelkitchen I didnt realise that we in England only know about black treacle, a tip I got from my mum was if you put the spoon in some hot water before you use the treacle it just comes off easy, also if you do that when using a plastic or glass jug the spoon stops the hot ingredients from braking the glass . I jus wish you state an oven temp though. Cant wait to taste mine.
Yes a Fruit Cake it NAME no freggin RUM cake
what was used to feed the cake?
What is treacle? Please.
krazo hills Hi, treacle is basically molasses so feel free to substitute molasses for treacle. The light version of treacle is golden syrup. Hope that helps! Happy Holidays!! 🎄
Do you soak your fruit over night?
Short answer - yes!!!!!
If you don't have time to soak the fruit overnight - put the fruit and juice/alcohol in a pan or the microwave and heat until bubbling then leave to cool naturally 😊😊😊
Thank you. I soak mine. The only reason I asked is they looked dry. Thank you again :)