Brandied Fruit Cake - Homemade Home
Nov 25, 2024 · How to make brandied fruit cake: Start now, and you’ll be ready by Christmas. Combine all the dried fruits together in an airtight container, and cover the fruits with brandy to soak. Lots of brandy folks. Twirl and shake the jar to mix the fruits and ensure all the fruits are equally soaked overnight.
Old-Fashioned Brandied Fruitcake Recipe - Texas Cooking
Preparation: In a large bowl, combine the candied fruit, pecans, raisins and 1/2 cup brandy. Toss to mix thoroughly, cover, and let stand for 3 to 5 hours at room temperature. Preheat oven to 325°F. Using 1 tablespoon butter for each, butter two 9-inch loaf pans.
Old-Fashioned Brandied Fruitcake - Afternoon Baking With …
Brandied fruit are made with sweet fruit (either fresh or dried) soaked and marinated in brandy and sugar. They are usually used as a topping on cakes, pies, or ice cream. Brandied fruit (also known as brandy fruit) were quite popular in the 1970s, but have fallen out of fashion since then.
Rich Brandy Christmas Fruitcake Recipe - Food.com
Feed the cake every two days for the first 2 weeks with a spoonful of brandy and/or orange juice and/or glacè cherry syrup. First poke little holes in the cake with a knitting needle or a skewer. Come Christmas you will have a very very rich fruit cake. Use royal icing to ice it or almond paste and royal icing, I don't like almond paste!
Everyone's Favorite Fruitcake Recipe - King Arthur Baking
Everyone's Favorite Fruitcake. Recipe by PJ Hamel. 175 Reviews 4.6 out of 5 stars. "No, no, not the dreaded FRUITCAKE..." Fear not: this moist, dark cake is loaded with yummy-tasting dried fruits, not the icky, bitter candied peel and citron you remember from visiting your grandma at Christmas. The dried fruits suggested below are simply that ...
Old Fashioned Fruitcake Recipe - Fox Valley Foodie
Nov 5, 2022 · This Old Fashioned Fruitcake Recipe is an old family recipe and a holiday classic. Candied fruit and crunchy nuts fill this brandy infused cake that is sure to become a Christmas tradition at your house too!
Brandy Aged Fruitcake - Baking Sense®
Oct 3, 2017 · Instructions. Combine 1 ½ oz almonds, 3 oz walnuts, 12 oz dark raisins, 8 oz light raisins, 3 oz candied orange peel, 3 oz candied cherries, 6 oz zante currants, with the zest and juice of 1 lemon. Add 6 oz brandy and toss to coat the fruit and nuts with the liquor. Cover the bowl and let it sit overnight.
Best Fruit Cake Recipe - How to Make Fruit Cake - The Pioneer …
Sep 6, 2023 · This easy fruit cake recipe is dense but moist and not overbearingly boozy, so it's perfect for Christmas. It makes two loaves, too!
Fruitcake Recipe
Nov 5, 2024 · Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch tube pan. Combine sugar, flour, soda, spices, eggs, lemon rind, vanilla, 1/2 cup brandy, fruit, nuts, and melted butter in a large bowl; mix thoroughly and pour into prepared pan.
Fruitcake Recipe - Southern Living
Dec 12, 2023 · Learn how to make this classic holiday fruitcake at home. With pounds of dried fruit, nuts, and all sorts of spices, this fruitcake is classic and fantastic, not at all bland or dry.