NANA'S JAPANESE FRUITCAKE
This twist on fruitcake will appeal to fruitcake lovers and haters alike.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees with racks placed in center. Spread nuts on a baking pan. Bake until fragrant, about 7 minutes. Transfer nuts to a bowl; set aside to cool.
- Line the bottoms of three 8-by-2-inch buttered cake pans with parchment paper, and butter the parchment. Dust the bottoms and sides of pan with flour, and tap out any excess. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. Finely chop the raisins, and combine with the cinnamon and allspice. Set aside.
- With an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the sugar and shortening on medium speed until combined. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. On low speed, add the flour mixture and the milk to the batter, alternating between the two, starting and ending with the dry ingredients.
- Fold the reserved raisin mixture into one-third of the batter. Pour batter into one cake pan. Stir the reserved toasted walnuts into the remaining batter. Divide batter between two remaining cake pans. Bake, rotating pans for even baking if necessary, until a cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Transfer to cooling racks to cool, and invert cakes onto cooling rack. Allow to cool completely.
- Combine the pineapple, oranges, 2 cups coconut, and sugar in a medium saucepan. Bring filling to a boil over high heat, stirring. Reduce to a simmer, and let cook, stirring often, until thickened, about 20 minutes. Whisk the cornstarch into 1/4 cup warm water. Stir into filling. Continue to cook until thick, 6 minutes. Let cool before using.
- Place one walnut layer top-side down on the serving plate. Top with half of the filling. Place the raisin layer, top-side up, securely on top, press down lightly. Using an offset spatula, go around the layers to press filling between layers. Top with remaining filling. Place remaining walnut layer on top, top-side up. Press down with hands. Using the offset spatula, go around layers again to ensure filling is securely between layers. Frost the sides of the cake first, using an offset spatula. Finish icing the top of the cake. Decorate top of cake with drained candied orange zest and remaining coconut. Serve.
CHRISTMAS FRUITCAKE
It's a shame that fruitcake as a species gets such a bad rap. With its two key ingredients--rum and butter--it ought to be a hit. This recipe includes dried fruit, instead of the glowing, candied stuff we've all learned to associate with fruitcake, and is less dense and more cake-like than many fruitcake recipes. It has become a favorite of my friends and family around the holidays (even the skeptical ones), and is delicious by itself, or covered with a layer of almond paste.
Provided by Karen Uffelman
Categories Desserts Specialty Dessert Recipes Liqueur Dessert Recipes Rum
Time P20DT6h57m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Soak cherries, mango, cranberries, currants, and citron in 1/4 cup rum for at least 24 hours. Cover tightly, and store at room temperature.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Butter a 6x3-inch round pan or loaf pan and line it with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg. Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; mix into butter and sugar in three batches, alternating with molasses and milk. Stir in soaked fruit and chopped nuts. Scrape batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then sprinkle with 2 tablespoons rum.
- Cut out one piece parchment paper and one piece cheesecloth, each large enough to wrap around the cake. Moisten cheesecloth with 1 tablespoon rum. Arrange cheesecloth on top of parchment paper, and unmold cake onto it. Sprinkle top and sides of cake with remaining rum. Wrap the cheesecloth closely to the surface of the cake, then wrap with paper. Place in an airtight tin, and age for at least 10 weeks. If storing longer, douse with additional rum for every 10 weeks of storage.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 302.3 calories, Carbohydrate 33.3 g, Cholesterol 54.1 mg, Fat 14.8 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 2.5 g, SaturatedFat 7.8 g, Sodium 202.7 mg, Sugar 20.5 g
NANA'S CHRISTMAS POUND CAKE
This is my mother-in-law's recipe--a twist on fruitcake. You get a little taste of candied fruit in a yummy brandy pound cake. It is quite delicious.
Provided by Georgia Girl
Categories Dessert
Time 2h20m
Yield 15 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Cream the cream cheese and the butter together until light and fluffy.
- Gradually add the sugar and cream well.
- Add the vanilla and brandy (or bourbon), mixing well.
- Add the eggs one at a time,beating well after each addition.
- Set aside 1/4 cup flour.
- Sift the remaining 2 cups flour, cornstarch and baking powder together.
- Gradually add the flour mix to the batter, mixing well.
- Dredge the pecans and candied fruit in the 1/4 cup flour, coating all pieces thoroughly.
- (this keeps them from all sinking to the bottom of the cake as it bakes) Fold the pecans, candied fruit and any flour residue into the cake batter.
- Grease a bundt pan very heavily with Crisco, and sprinkle the 3 tablespoons of sugar evenly in the bottom of the cake pan over the Crisco.
- Pour the cake batter into the bundt pan.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.
- Then reduce the oven heat to 300 degrees and bake for another 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 409.5, Fat 24.3, SaturatedFat 12, Cholesterol 105.6, Sodium 163.2, Carbohydrate 42.3, Fiber 1.2, Sugar 26.4, Protein 5.5
NAN'S BOILED FRUIT CAKE
A Very Moist Fruit Cake - passed down from my nan
Provided by ijhawkins
Time 2h
Yield Serves 8
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Place all the ingredients for the fruit mix in a large saucepan bring to the boil and allow to cool for about 30 minutes
- Preheat oven to 160C / Gas 3
- Add the cherries and nuts stir through
- then add eggs and mix well, add the flour and fold through the mix.
- Place the mixture in a greased and floured 8' - deep cake tin. Tie some greaseproof paper around the outside of the tin so that the paper comes over the edges of the tin or optionally place over the top about half way through baking. Bake for 2 hours but check after 1.5 hours , check to see if cooked throughly with a skewer. If not bake a little further until the skewer comes out clean from the cake. Allow to cool and either decorate with marzipan and royal icing, or dried apricots and cherries and glaze with melted apricot jam or plain is very nice too.
NANA'S FRUITCAKE
Make and share this Nana's Fruitcake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Perfect Pixie
Categories Dessert
Time 1h20m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- put sultannas in a saucepan, cover with water and boil.
- beet eggs, add sugar.
- cut butter and add to eggs and sugar.
- strain sultannas, add to egg mixture and stir.
- add flour, baking powder and salt.
- bake for 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 hours at 350 degrees.
- add essence if wanted.
- check at 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 722.2, Fat 25.6, SaturatedFat 15.3, Cholesterol 140.3, Sodium 262.1, Carbohydrate 120.4, Fiber 3.4, Sugar 76.3, Protein 8.9
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