MAKING THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS CAKE PART 1: SOAKING THE DRY FRUITS
How to Soak Fruits for Christmas Fruit Cake, when to soak and what fruits to use, how to feed the fruit till baking time .
Prep Time15 mins
Total Time15 mins
Ingredients
- 50 grams Dates chopped
- 50 grams Black Currant
- 50 grams Dried Black Berries
- 50 grams Prune chopped
- 50 grams Dried Apricot chopped
- 50 grams Dried Mango chopped
- 50 grams Dried Pineapple chopped
- 50 grams Golden Raisins
- 50 grams Dried Kiwi chopped
- 50 grams Cherries
- 50 grams Tutti Frutti
- 50 grams Dried Papaya chopped
- 10 grams Candied Ginger chopped
- 10 grams Orange Peel chopped
- 10 grams Lemon Peel chopped
- 150 ml Black Grape Juice
- 150 ml Orange Juice
Instructions
- Sort out the dried fruit, removing stalks and checking that the fruits are clean and dry. Slice the fruits to the size of black currants or to about 1 cm, keeping the slices uniform as much as possible. Slice the dates a little larger.
- In a clean, dry glass jar, add the chopped dry fruits and the juices and mix well together with a wooden spoon.
- Seal the jar and keep in a cool, dry place away from sunlight.
- If using non alcoholic soaking liquid, store the container of soaked fruit in the fridge until its time to bake the cake. Alcohol soaked fruit may be kept at room temperature (unless its very hot outside) as the alcohol itself acts as a preservative. However store the container in a dark place.