Easy Christmas Fruit Cake

Name: Easy Christmas Fruit Cake
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

This Christmas fruit cake can be eaten a day after making, with no fuss no waiting around for it to age.

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

Steps

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.

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Adapted from “Easy Christmas Fruit Cake” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.