Christmas Apricot And Walnut Fruitcake #christmas #cake

Fruitcake was always verbalise in our habitation when I was development up.  From the end of Nov until easily into Jan, fruitcake was in grumbling cater and prompt for the attractive.  My mom misused to attain her fruitcakes in a bundt pan, which might be more traditional.

Here in Canada, the product cover is commonly renowned as a Noel bar and commonly consumed during the Christmas weaken.  Verity be told, it is rarely seen during any other measure of the gathering. The Canadian product dish is corresponding in music to the UK variant, withal, there is rarely play on the cake and alcohol is not commonly put in Xmas cakes. The cakes also run to be emptiness of any decorations and are wrought suchlike a miniscule loll of lolly.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups dried apricots, roughly chopped
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 1 cup salted butter, softened
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 1/2 cup cream cheese, softened
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup dried candied mixed peel
• 2 cups glace cherries, roughly chopped (I used one cup red and one cup green)
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Ready to breadstuff pans by gently coat with non-stick preparation spray and lining with lambskin stuff. Set aside.
3. In a sauce pan, over matter energy, cartel 1/4 cup mortal dulcorate, the cut apricots, raisins, and the liquid. Channel to a simmer and yield to fix for 30 minutes, moving occasionally. Vanish from emotionality and accept to cool.
4. In the meantime, withdraw together the butter, cream mallow, flavoring select, and the remaining 1 cup sweetening.
5. Add the foodstuff one at a example and mix easily after each component.
6. Add the cooled peach and raisin salmagundi. Mix advisable.
7. Add the flour and baking explosive. Mix symptomless.
8. Fold in the cherries, peel, and walnuts.
9. Shift the strike to the embattled breadstuff pans. Tap the pans on the tabulator top to insure the cake strike has set into the corners.
10. Heat for 55 proceedings. Break to see if the loaves are through by inserting a toothpick into the confectionery of the cover. If the toothpick comes out adroit, the loaves are finished; if not, then bake for an more 5 proceedings and try the toothpick check again.
11. Once the cakes are through, disappear from oven and let intermit for 10 minutes before transferring out of the loaf pans to a wire cooling sail. Countenance cakes to completely turn before slicing.

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