Fast N Fabulous Fruitcake Recipes

FAST'N FABULOUS FRUITCAKE RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300F. Grease two loaf pans stir together flour and soda. Set aside. In large bowl combine eggs, mincemeat, eagle brand milk, chopped cherries and chopped walnuts. Add dry ingredients, mix well. Divide batter evenly between pans. Bake 1 hour 20_25 min. or until done. Cool 15 min.. Turn out of pans. Cool completely on wire racks. Wrap in foil well. Store in freezer or fridge.

FAST N FABULOUS FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Grease two 9" x 5" loaf pans. Stir together flour and baking soda, then set aside. Combine eggs, mincemeat, condensed milk, chopped fruit and nuts. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Bake in a preheated oven for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until done. Cool for 15 minutes, then turn out of pans and cool completely. Garnish with glace cherries.

MIKE'S FABULOUS FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
• Coarsely chop fruit, orange and lemon peel, ginger, and walnuts, then soak overnight in Southern Comfort.
• In a very large bowl (a very big KitchenAid mixer works well) beat together the butter, brown sugar, and golden syrup, then beat in the eggs one at a time.
• Add in flour, spices, and fruit-nut mixture.
• Put in a greased 10-inch square pan or put in greased mini loaf pans; do not fill pans more than 2/3 full.
• If using one pan, set it in a water bath to bake, but a water bath is not necessary for mini-loaves; bake at 275 degrees F for 3-4 hours (1-2 hours for mini loaves).
• Cakes are done when a toothpick inserted comes out clean and dry.
• Optional: soak finished fruitcake (s), wrapped in cheesecloth, in additional Southern Comfort.
• Optional (preferred): let loaves"cure" for about 30 days in an airtight container in a cool place.
• Makes about 25-30 mini loaves or 3 to 4 full sized loaves.

FAST 'N FABULOUS CHOCOLATE FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, stir wet ingredients together.
• In another bowl, combine dry ingredients. Stir into wet ingredients. Fold in chocolate.
• Divide batter between two greased 9x5 loat pans or one 10-inch bundt pan.
• Bake in preheated 300F oven for 70-75 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Removed from pans (pan) and cool completely.
• VARIATION: For double chocolate fruitcake - Reduce all-purpose flour to 2 1/4 cups. Add 1/3 cup sifted unsweetened cocoa powder to dry inredients. Proceed as per recipe.

QUICK FRUITCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Butter cake pans, and line with wax paper. Butter the wax paper.
• Sift the flour with the baking soda.
• In a large bowl, combine eggs, mincemeat, condensed milk, fruit, and nuts. Fold in dry ingredients. Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake for 2 hours, or until center springs back and top is golden brown. Cool. Turn cakes out onto wire rack; remove wax paper.