Christmas Fruit Cake

Christmas cakes are the main attraction for all food lovers. They are sweet, soft and yummy. There are many types of Christmas cakes depending upon the ingredients present in the cake and one of them is Christmas fruit cakes. Making Christmas cakes at home is a tradition followed from decades during Christmas all around the world. But, today we find people stepping straight into a bakery to buy their favorite flavored Christmas cake. This spoils those happy moments that you can get while making those cakes at home.

If you are afraid to make Christmas cakes at home because they are difficult then change your mind. One of the simple to do Christmas cake is fruit Christmas cakes. Usually, people think that they are not so tasty but when you have the right recipe then a delicious Christmas fruit cake can be easily made at home. The ingredients are easily available at any grocery store and during Christmas they are too easy to find.

This Christmas try making Christmas fruit cake at home and impress your dear ones. Read the best fruitcake recipes and start making.

Apple and Banana Cake This is an easy to do cake wherein the ingredients ate simple.

• Ingredients (For two people):
  • Two apples sliced, peeled and cored
  • Two bananas peeled and sliced
  • Half a lemon juice
  • Sugar
  • Butter
  • Packed brown sugar
  • Flour
  • Icing sugar
• Method:
  • Take a casserole and apply butter so that the ingredients do not stick to the utensil.
  • Apply a layer of banana slices and apple slices one on top of another or you can even mix the fruit pieces.
  • Sprinkle lemon juice on it, dot with butter and add a pinch of sugar.
  • Make another layer of fruit after doing this.
  • Now prepare a mixture of packed brown sugar, flour and butter and apply it on the fruit mixture.
  • Bake the cake now for 30-40 minutes at about 325 Fahrenheit.
  • Garnish it with icing sugar and a slice of apple and banana.
  • Allow the cake to cool.
  • Now serve your delicious cake with vanilla ice cream and gather praises.

Fruited Pound Cake

This cake is a loaded with many fruits and requires lees efforts to make it.

• Ingredients(For 1 portion):
  • For the cake:
    • 280 grams powdered sugar
    • 120 grams cream cheese
    • 230 grams of soft butter
    • 300 grams flour
    • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
    • 1 tbsp grated orange peel
    • Half a tsp baking powder
    • 1 tsp rum extract
    • 6 eggs
    • 120 grams candied cherries
    • 60 grams raisins
  • For garnishing:
    • 4 tbsp milk
    • Half a tsp rum extract
    • 100 grams powdered sugar
• Method:
  • Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius.
  • Take a bowl add butter, sugar and cream cheese. Beat the mixture until it become creamy.
  • To this mixture add orange peel, vanilla, rum extract and brandy extract.
  • Beat this batter until it mixes properly and then add flour and baking powder.
  • Now, mix this mixture and then add raisins and candied cherries to it. Keep on mixing until all the ingredients are coated with each other.
  • Before you put the cake inside the oven insert a toothpick in the center so that you will know whether the cake is baked or not. Bake the cake for 60-70 minutes and see that the toothpick comes out clean.
  • Now, cool the cake.
  • To make it look attractive garnish it with sugar, rum extract and milk.

These two cakes are the most loved Christmas fruit cakes. Try them this Christmas and surprise your family with a mouth watering Christmas cake.