Christmas spiced cake with dried fruits, jam and honey

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 3 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   The weight of dried fruits and candied fruits is indicated already soaked in syrup. Recipe here https://bestrecipes24.com/cooking/41070-suxofrukty-i-cukaty-v-sirope-dlya-vypechkiIf dried fruits and candied fruits were soaked in pure alcohol, then the amount of sugar in the dough should be increased to 50 grams. A mixture of spices of any kind desire. I indicated mine in the recipe. You can use absolutely any jam. I had apricot. All ingredients should be at room temperature.

2. STEP 2

   

   Add sugar to softened butter and beat until white.

3. STEP 3

   

   Then I add an egg at ROOM TEMPERATURE and beat until a soft, homogeneous, fluffy “cream”.

4. STEP 4

   

   Then spices, salt, jam and honey. Mix everything well or beat with a mixer.

5. STEP 5

   

   Then I sift through all the flour and mix well.

6. STEP 6

   

   I add dried fruits, mix and this is the picture you should get. Even in its raw form, the aromas are simply divine...

7. STEP 7

   

   The size of the mold in which I will bake is 11*20. I grease with butter and line with parchment paper.

8. STEP 8

   

   I spread the dough and level it so that there are no voids.

9. STEP 9

   

   I cover with foil so that the top is not burnt and the cake is well baked inside and send it to a preheated oven at 140-150 degrees for 2-2.5 hours.

10. STEP 10

    

    My cupcake was baked for 2 hours 10 minutes. I baked it under foil for 1 hour 50 minutes. While the cupcake is hot, you can grease it with any strong alcohol or syrup, but I had enough of everything in dried fruits. Or, after cooling, you can cover the cupcake with protein glaze.

11. STEP 11

    

    Let it cool completely and remove from the mold. The weight of the cake is 570 grams.

12. STEP 12

    

    I sprinkle it well with powdered sugar and at this stage you can wrap it in cling film or parchment paper and put it in the refrigerator to ripen.

13. STEP 13

    

    But I’ll cut mine open and show you what it’s like inside. In my opinion, the cut is simply gorgeous. And soaked dried fruits give the dough a simply delicious taste and aroma. Don’t be lazy and soak it at least overnight. You ate one half right away :), and wrapped the other half in parchment and put it away.

14. STEP 14

    

    Today we tried the second half. She matured for 3 weeks. What can I say - it’s worth it. Immediately after baking, the cake seemed quite sweet and dense to me, but after ripening it became somehow ideal. Firstly, it became softer, the dried fruits were more tender, and the sweetness returned to normal. All the flavors came together and the result was just some kind of harmony. Spicy, aromatic spices did their job. In general, it is really very, very tasty!!!