Easy Christmas Fruit Cake
| Holiday Recipes | Dessert
Ingredients
- 1½ cup (360 g) raisins
- ¼ cup (60 ml) orange juice
- 1 cup (240 g) butter (softened)
- 1 packet (250 g) cream cheese
- 1½ cups (360 g) brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 4 teaspoons grated orange zest
- 1 cups (140 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions
- In a saucepan on low heat warm raisins and orange juice until liquid is absorbed, then set aside.
- In large bowl, beat butter cream cheese with sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in orange zest. Stir again.
- In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Stir into batter, following with the raisin mixture.
- Spoon batter into a greased and floured 9-inch tube pan or bundt pan.
- Bake in 300°F (~160°C) oven for about 80 minutes. Check it at 60 minutes with a cake tester or skewer.
- Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, then turn onto a rack to cool completely.