Recipe: Tasty Boozy Fruit Soak For Your Christmas Cake

Boozy Fruit Soak For Your Christmas Cake. A slice of Rum or Brandy infused fruitcake heralds the warmth of Christmas. If a bite of boozy doesn't give you the warm and fuzzies, I don't know what will! An easy Christmas cake that turns out perfect every time.

Read why November really is the time to make your Christmas Cake! How long should fruit be soaked for Christmas cake? The Christmas season is here, and with it, all the traditions that spell out its preparation. You can cook Boozy Fruit Soak For Your Christmas Cake using 2 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Boozy Fruit Soak For Your Christmas Cake

1. You need 2 cups of Chopped dried fruit and nut of your choice.
2. You need 1 cup of dark rum.

Dried fruits add to the taste and texture of your Christmas cake. Plums pack exceptional moistness and juiciness, while dried grapes like raisins. Vegan Christmas cake - a rich, moist and boozy vegan fruit cake that is perfect for the festive season. Eat right away or make in advance and feed The fruit can be left to soak for up to a week - I gave mine three days.

Boozy Fruit Soak For Your Christmas Cake step by step

1. Finely chop up the dried fruits and nuts..
2. In a clean, dry glass or ceramic jar, add the chopped dry fruits and nuts and the rum. Mix well together with a wooden spoon..
3. Seal the jar with a lid and keep in a cool, dry place away from sunlight..
4. Every two or three days, give the fruit a mix and add about ¼ cup more rum if it looks too dry..
5. You can throw in any dried fruit of your choice. I used dates, sultanas, a mixture of golden and black raisins, dried figs, dried apricot, and cashew. Candied Ginger and Orange are quite often added to the traditional cakes, but these don't favor my palate and hence I have left it out. Feel free to add in case you like these flavors..
6. I have soaked Cashew along with the dried fruit. You really don't need to. If you like your nuts crisp, chop them and add along with an assortment of other nuts directly into your cake batter..
7. You can also use Whiskey, Brandy, or good quality Port or Sherry to replace the rum used in the recipe..
8. If you are looking at an alcohol-free version of cake, you can soak the dried fruit and nut in freshly squeezed orange juice. But please remember that such a cake will have a short shelf life as opposed to the cake containing alcohol soaked fruits..
9. Please remember to use only glass or ceramic jars to soak the fruits. Metallic or plastic containers may not be your best choice as the alcohol may react with the metal or plastic which could be harmful..

The boozy fruit is stirred into a thick batter made flavourful with dark brown. This Boozy Christmas Cake is AMAZING. It's a sweet rum cake filled with my homemade tutti frutti, golden raisins, pistachios and dates. Fruit cake has such a bad rep, which is why I'm calling this Boozy Christmas Cake instead. That just sounds so much better, doesn't it?