Spiced Christmas cake with dried fruits
Description
Homemade baked goods for tea. Dried fruit and spices may be chosen as you prefer. I used a ready-made spice blend for gingerbread cookies. Use jam to taste as well—I used feijoa jam. All ingredients should be at room temperature before baking. Serve with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all the ingredients you need to make a spiced Christmas cake with dried fruit.
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Step 2
Wash and dry the dried fruit. Cut large pieces into chunks. Put light and dark dried fruit into separate jars, pour the syrup over them, and seal tightly. To make it, mix sugar, water, and cognac. Bring everything to a boil, simmer for 2 minutes, and cool completely. Leave for 12 hours.
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Step 3
Drain the dried fruit in a sieve and let the syrup drain off completely.
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Step 4
Beat softened butter with sugar until light and fluffy.
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Step 5
Beat the egg into the butter and whisk well again.
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Step 6
Add honey, jam and spices to the mixture and whisk.
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Step 7
Pour in both flours and a pinch of salt, mix with a spatula.
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Step 8
Add the dried fruit to the dough and mix.
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Step 9
Line an 11 by 20 centimetre loaf cake tin with baking paper or parchment. Spoon the batter into the tin and press it down firmly.
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Step 10
Cover the pan with foil on top and place it in a hot oven. Bake the cake at 140 degrees for 2 to 2.5 hours. Brush the finished cake on top with syrup from the dried fruits and cool completely without removing it from the paper until fully cooled.
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Step 11
Wrap the cake in parchment paper and refrigerate for at least two weeks. After that, dust it with powdered sugar and decorate as you like.
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Step 12
Done. Serve.