christmas dinner menu recipes: baking a fruitcake

christmas dinner menu recipes

A fruitcake is chosen here as it is the healthiest and most suitable cake for both your granny and kids. So without further ado let’s take a look on how this is done:

christmas dinner menu recipes

Step One – Mash and grind different fruits

Mash and grind 2.5 cups worth of mixed fruits. The choice of fruits is entirely up to you. I like a good mix of different berries and kiwi. After this, mix it in with the usual baking staple: ¾ teaspoon baking soda, 1 cup of milk, ½ cup of sugar and a ¾ cup of butter. You can also choose to add ½ cup of almonds, walnuts or cashew nuts depending on your preference. Boil the mixture and leave it to cool for 10 min.

christmas dinner menu recipes

Step Two – Flour and Eggs

When your mixture has cooled, throw in 2 ½ cups of self rising flour and 2 eggs. Stir it well and add the final mixture to a standard baking pan. Secure the outside pan surface with a layer of brown paper.

christmas dinner menu recipes

Step Three – Bake it

Place the pan into an oven and set the temperature to 350 Fahrenheit for 40 minutes of baking. Once you hear the timer sound, drop the temperature to about 280 Fahrenheit (don’t over open the oven!) and leave it in the oven for another 1 hour and 40 min.

christmas dinner menu recipes

Step Four – Cool it

Remove the pan from the oven when it’s done and leave it to quick cool for 5 min. After that, slowly transfer the cake using a knife from your pan to your cooling rack and let it cool fully.

Step Five – Eat it

You are now ready to enjoy your new fruitcake for Christmas!