Description
A rich and dense fruit cake filled with dried fruits and nuts, perfect for holiday celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/4 cups chopped dried prunes
- 1 1/4 cups chopped dates
- 1 1/2 cups dark raisins
- 1 1/4 cups golden raisins
- 1 1/4 cups currants
- ¾ cup butter
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- ¾ cup molasses
- ½ cup coffee liqueur or strong black coffee
- Zest and juice of 2 oranges
- 1 cup chopped glace cherries
- 1 cup candied citrus peel
- 1 1/2 cups toasted pecans, roughly chopped
- 2 tsp allspice
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp powdered ginger
- 1 tsp cloves
- 2 tsp nutmeg
- 3 tbsp cocoa
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup ground hazelnuts or almonds
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
Instructions
- Prep your oven and pans: Preheat your oven to 300°F (150°C) and grease and line a 10-inch round cake pan.
- Mix the fruits and nuts: Combine prunes, dates, dark raisins, golden raisins, currants, glace cherries, and candied citrus peel in a bowl.
- Combine the wet ingredients: Cream butter, dark brown sugar, and molasses together. Add coffee liqueur and orange zest and juice.
- Blend in the eggs: Beat in eggs one at a time until fully incorporated.
- Add the dry ingredients: Whisk flour, ground nuts, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa, and spices together and fold into the wet mixture.
- Combine everything: Fold in fruit and nut mixture into the batter and pour into the prepared cake pan.
- Bake low and slow: Bake for 1.5 to 2 hours or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool and serve: Let cool in the pan before transferring to a wire rack and cooling completely before slicing.
Notes
For richer flavors, let the cake sit for a few days before serving. Can be frozen for up to 3 months.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 120 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 90mg
Keywords: fruit cake, holiday dessert, traditional cake, Old English cake