Christmas cake with dried fruits

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake a Christmas cake with dried fruits? Prepare the necessary ingredients for the cupcake according to the list. Remove the butter and chicken eggs from the refrigerator in advance so that they are at room temperature and the butter becomes soft.

2. STEP 2

   

   The standard set of dried fruits for this cupcake usually includes prunes, dried apricots and raisins. The composition can be changed if desired. Rinse dried fruits well under running water and remove debris. Pour hot water over them in a bowl and leave for 15 minutes. Then drain the water. Cut the prunes and dried apricots into small pieces.

3. STEP 3

   

   Place the dried fruits back into the bowl and pour in a small amount of cognac or rum. Leave for a couple of hours to soak.

4. STEP 4

   

   In addition to walnuts, you can also use any others (peanuts, almonds), it will turn out even tastier. Rinse the nuts well, dry them in a microwave oven or in a dry frying pan and grind them using a blender or rolling pin.

5. STEP 5

   

   Place the butter into a bowl. Cut it into cubes, add honey, add sugar and grind them with a mixer or hand whisk until smooth.

6. STEP 6

   

   Beat the eggs into a bowl and beat the mixture again with a mixer until smooth.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add a pinch of vanilla or a quarter teaspoon of vanilla sugar. Add sifted flour combined with baking powder. Mix until you get a thick and smooth dough.

8. STEP 8

   

   Place dried fruits with cognac and chopped nuts in a bowl with dough. Stir until they are distributed evenly throughout the dough.

9. STEP 9

   

   Line a cake pan with parchment greased with butter. Transfer the dough into the mold. From the middle, the dough needs to be spread to the sides, making a small groove so that after baking the cake does not rise too much in the center and does not crack.

10. STEP 10

    

    Preheat the oven to 170 degrees. Bake the cake for about 40 minutes. Determine the baking temperature and time according to your oven. Check readiness with a wooden toothpick; it should come out dry. Let the cake cool in the pan.

11. STEP 11

    

    Remove the Christmas cake from the oven and serve when completely cooled. Merry Christmas!

Comments on the recipe

Elena Pankina

24.09.2023

5

I decided to bake a Christmas cake with dried fruits for the holiday! I found a very tasty recipe on the site! I prepared all the ingredients: I chopped walnuts, poured boiling water over dried fruits (I had dried apricots and raisins) and then finely chopped the dried apricots. Then I poured cognac over the dried fruits. I sifted the flour and mixed it with baking powder. In a mixer bowl, mix butter, sugar, vanilla sugar and honey. Then added eggs and mixed. Added flour with baking powder and kneaded the dough. Next, I added nuts and dried fruits to the dough and mixed. Placed in a mold and baked at 170° for 45 minutes. Once cooled, took it out of the mold and sprinkled with powdered sugar! It was appetizing, filling and very tasty! I will definitely cook it again and again! Many thanks to the author for the recipe and I recommend it for cooking 😘

Ira

24.09.2023

4.5

Very beautiful photo! It will definitely show off on my desktop. I will look at him and look at him in moments of relaxation. Thank you very much for such beauty!!!

Snezhana

24.09.2023

4.7

Thank you, Ira, for your feedback and nice words. Maybe someday you will bake a cupcake like this. It is not only beautiful, but also very tasty.

Maria

24.09.2023

4.8

What a beauty!!! The background is wonderful. Dried oranges are just brilliant. Well, and a cupcake, of course. Everything looks rich. Very!

Veronica

24.09.2023

4.9

I made a cupcake according to your recipe, it turned out to be a very tasty aromatic cupcake, and such a beautiful one, there were no nuts on the cut, I put more dried fruits, 150 grams: dried apricots, raisins, prunes (60 grams 60 grams 30 grams), I didn’t soak them in alcohol.. Despite To this end, the cake came out wonderful, with a very pleasant aroma of honey. Thank you, I will make it again, next time I’ll try it with nuts

a.siudike

24.09.2023

4.5

Tell me, does it need to be left to ripen like other Christmas cakes? I added more alcohol, will it spoil if I leave it for a week? 🙂

la

24.09.2023

4.8

Good afternoon! I made a cupcake according to your recipe, but with some changes (I didn’t add prunes). I added dried cherries, candied fruits and nuts (Christmas is so Christmas). The remaining ingredients are as in the recipe. And the miracle happened! He's great. Fragrant, incredibly delicious! I really appreciate your idea. (I didn’t take a photo because the cupcake came out exactly the same as in your photo.) Thank you!