Fruitcake Alcohol Free
Fruitcake – Alcohol Free, a kid-friendly cake that you can have the same day you bake it. Tastes just like the authentic fruitcake (maybe even better!). This cake is moist and stays moist for days, in fact, its flavor keeps getting better with time.
Servings 7 people
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1 teaspoon ginger powder
- ¼ teaspoon cloves powder
- 1 cup raisins
- ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 cup candied and chopped mixed peel
- 1/3 cup chopped candied cherries
- 1/3 cup mixed nuts you can add more if you wish
Instructions
- In a saucepan. Add butter, water, sugar, spices, raisins, and let it come to a boil for one minute. Turn off the heat, add the milk to the mixture and mix well. Keep it aside until warm to the touch.
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C. line a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan with parchment paper and keep aside.
- Sift flour with salt and baking powder. Add the candied mixed peel, cherries, nuts, and mix well.
- Add the vanilla to the butter and milk mixture, beat the eggs and add to the same mixture. Stir until combined then pour over the flour and fold gently.
- Pour the batter into the baking pan. Using a spatula try to even the surface of the cake batter. You can decorate the surface with nuts.
- Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Place the cake on a cooling rack and allow it to cool completely. Although you can enjoy this cake the same day, it tastes better and becomes more tender and moist the second day.