
Fruit cake is a type of cake that is candied with fruits and other ingredients which makes the cake more tasty.
It is usually served in weddings and Christmas eve. The first ever fruit cake recipe was prepared in Rome, Italy and it is a fact that cakes prepared by mixing alcohol lasts for longer periods.
Usually to prepare a fruit cake it requires several ingredients and let us have a look at the ingredients.
½ cup cranberries dried and ½ cup blue berries dried
1 cup of gold rum and lemon zest that is chopped coarsely
1 cup sugar and 1 ½ cup salt
4 cloves, ½ cup apricots sun dried
1 table spoon Ground cinnamon and 1 cup gold raisins
2 eggs and 5 cups of unsalted butter
1 cup apple juice and 1 table spoon baking powder
½ cup cherries dried and 1 table spoon ginger ground
use brandy for basting
1 cup currants and orange zest chopped coarsely