Mini Christmas Fruit Cakes

Combine then fold in the fruit.

Mini christmas fruit cakes.

After glaceéing the red and green coloring is added giving our cakes the festive christmas feeling many customers closely associate with our deluxe fruitcake. Stir in chopped almonds self raising flour plain flour ground almonds and mixed spice. Combine currants raisins sultana raisins and candied cherries in a plastic container with a lid. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tins.

Pour brandy over dried fruit. Add rum and mix well. With full recipe and instructions great for baking with kids. Mini christmas fruit cakes november 10 2009 by celia fig jam and lime cordial i apologise for putting two similar recipes up in quick succession but if you re going to make these then you ll need to do it soon or they won t have time to mature and develop before christmas.

Libby over phillipsburg ohio. Preheat the oven to 170 c 335 f. These mini christmas cakes are the perfect christmas snack or dessert for those not looking to overindulge during the festive season. Glaceéd fruit is preserved fruit which has been created by slowly soaking in a sugar syrup.

Stir or shake container every few hours as you remember. Stir in orange and lemon zest. Place mixed fruit into a very large basin. Fold in the remaining flour ground almonds dried fruit glace cherries and almonds and stir to completely combine.

Place the currants sultanas candied peel and cherries into a small pan. Remove from the heat and cool to allow the fruit to plump up. Bake in the centre of preheated oven for 1 1 2 hours or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the mini cakes comes our clean. Bake christmas cake mixture in baked bean tins for mini tin can christmas cakes.

These mini christmas cakes are a slimming friendly version of the traditional dense christmas cakes meaning they are perfect if you re counting calories or following weight watchers. Using mini muffin pans for baking creates fun single serving cakes. Add the zest and juice heat gently for one minute until the juice is hot but not boiling. The next day preheat oven to 150 c 300 f and arrange oven racks to accommodate muffin tins in the centre section of the oven.

Miniature christmas fruitcakes i ve found that people who normally won t eat fruitcake make an exception when they sample these. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to stand overnight.