Fruit Cake Liquor Recipe

Most people agree it s about as good as a fruitcake can get people often liking this cake that didn t like fruitcakes.

Fruit cake liquor recipe.

These wine poached apricots can be served over a slice of cake or even your favorite triple cream cheese. If you like just a hint of rum or brandy flavor add 1 tablespoon of liquor to 3 4 cup vanilla syrup or simple syrup and brush this mixture on the cakes. Brush the warm cake with rum or brandy. Spiced fragrant honey cake is a tradition on rosh hashanah the jewish new year which generally falls in september.

Cakes will be moister and certainly tastier. Place fruit and liquid in a non reactive pot with the sugar butter apple juice and spices. Use about 2 cups chopped per cake mix. The best fruit cake recipe you ll ever make.

Alcohol soaked fruit recipes to serve this summer. It turns cynics into converts. Unfortunately most honey cakes turn out to be dry brick like things inedible except with a hot beverage. A traditional moist fruit cake made with rum soaked dried fruit citrus zest and candied ginger.

Beat in eggs and vanilla. You can make this cake in a 9 x 2 inches round pan 9 x 2 1 2 inches springform pan or 9 x 5 x 3 inches loaf pan. You can also use the brandied fruit in a cake mix or scratch cake. Cover cut up fruit in blood orange liqueur and it ll absorb the liqueur leaving you with extra juicy fruit and a sweet alcoholic kick.

Bring mixture to a boil stirring often then reduce heat and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. This fruit cake has a good amount of dried and candied fruit so let the cake cool completely before removing from the pan. You can add 1 2 tablespoon of milk if the batter seems too dry. In another bowl cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.

The brandied fruit should be kept refrigerated and can be served with ice cream yogurt or pound cake. Combine fruit and nuts. Note that this recipe can also be made in two parchment paper lined 10 tube pans. Thank you for posting this fine old recipe.

Wrap in sherry or triple sec soaked cheesecloth for at least a week for best flavor. This fruit cake recipe yields 2 loaf cakes. Or simple syrup or flavored simple syrup vanilla rum flavored etc. This is basically the same recipe as a very old recipe my mother used.