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World's Best Fruit Cake (Moist Fruit Cake Recipe) A Beautiful Plate

8 ratings

· 1hr 30min · 2 servings

A traditional moist fruit cake made with rum soaked dried fruit, citrus zest, and candied ginger. The best fruit cake recipe you’ll ever make! It turns cynics into converts. This fruit cake recipe yields two (8 x 4-inch) loaf cakes. Wrap in sherry or triple sec soaked cheesecloth for at least a week for best flavor!

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Ingredients

Produce

• 1 cup Cherries, dried unsweetened tart

• 2 cups Dried fruit, mixed unsweetened

• 1 cup Figs, dried unsweetened black

• 1 batch Fruit mixture

• 1 tsp Ginger, ground

• 1 1/4 cups Golden raisins

• 1 Granny smith apple

• 1 tbsp Lemon, zest

• 3/4 cup Prunes, dried unsweetened

• 1 1/4 cups Raisins, dark

• 1 tbsp Zest, orange

Refrigerated

• 5 Eggs, large

Condiments

• 1/4 cup Apricot preserves

Baking & Spices

• 1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour, unbleached

• 1/2 tsp Baking powder

• 2/3 cup Bittersweet chocolate or dark chocolate chips

• 3/4 cup Brown sugar, packed light

• 1 tsp Cinnamon, ground

• 1 tsp Kosher salt

• 1/4 tsp Nutmeg, ground

Nuts & Seeds

• 3/4 cup Almonds

• 1 Pecans, whole

Drinks

• 1/2 cup Orange juice, freshly squeezed

Dairy

• 1 stick Butter, unsalted

Desserts

• 3 tbsp Crystallized ginger

Beer, Wine & Liquor

• 3/4 cup (6 oz; 180 ml) dark rum, dark

• 1 Sherry or triple sec, medium

Liquids

• 1/4 cup Water

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