Dark fruit cake recipe

Tips and a recipe for making a delicious and traditional dark fruitcake flavored with rum and packed full of fruit. This cake is nut free.

Old English Fruitcake - A dark, rich, well spiced old fashioned English style fruitcake that can be made weeks in advance of Christmas.

This is a very rich, alcohol soaked (optional) Caribbean fruit cake recipe, one that is very popular throughout the Islands. This particular Caribbean Christmas cake recipe is much loved in Barbados. The fruit in this fruit cake is best prepared at...

Dark, moist and rich with dried and candied fruits, nuts, spices and molasses makes this cake my favourite fruitcake. Fruitcake has been a tradition in my family for many yrs. After we left home, If we couldn't get home for Christmas, my Mom would mail us a homemade fruitcake My Mom is no longer with us so I decided to make it this year. Unfortunately, I don't have my Mom's recipe. I adapted this recipes from a Newfoundland blog, rockrecipes.com I altered the fruit to my likes. This is a…

Experience the delightful blend of spices in this traditional fruit cake, brimming with succulent fruits and crisp nuts for a perfect holiday treat.

This Rum Fruit Cake is incredibly moist and flavorful, and the only recipe you’ll need. Filled with plump fruit, crunchy walnuts, and holiday spices, it’s sure to win over any fruit cake skeptic. Best of all, it’s an easy recipe—no mixer needed! #RumFruitCake #RumFruitCakeRecipe #MoistFruitCakeRecipe

There's something undeniably special about a rich fruit celebration cake that brings joy to any occasion. Whether it's a birthday, wedding, Christmas or a family gathering, this cake is a timeless favourite. It's rich, moist, full of fruit and is delicious on its own or covered with marzipan and sugar paste or royal icing. Made with Billington's Dark Muscovado Sugar, we believe this to be world’s finest dark brown soft sugar. With its au natural deep brown colour and rich toffee flavour…

UPDATE: It’s time to start your Christmas Fruitcake so that it’s ready for the holidays. I shared this Fruitcake recipe years ago…

Ah, the beloved fruit cake—a holiday tradition that often evokes strong feelings, both good and bad. But when made right, a fruit cake can be a delicious, rich, and moist treat that becomes the highlight of your festive table. Imagine a cake that’s dense yet tender, packed with plump, juicy dried fruits, nuts, and warm spices, all soaked in a generous splash of brandy or rum. This isn’t your average fruit cake; it’s a labor of love that fills your home with the comforting aroma of the…

This wonderfully dark Christmas cake is chock full of nuts and fruit. Here's how to make it yourself this holiday season.

A classic dark, moist fruitcake made with delicious dried fruits, rather than citron and candied peel.

Today, I’m super thrilled to share a nostalgic treat that has journeyed through generations in my family—Grandma’s fruit cake.

The only fruit cake I’d eat as a child, this recipe was my grandmother’s special treat at Christmas time. It’s chock full of pecans, walnuts, crystalized fruit, dates, cherries, raisins and pineapple.

"No, no, not the dreaded FRUITCAKE..." Fear not: this moist, dark cake is loaded with yummy-tasting dried fruits, not the icky, bitter candied peel and citron you remember from visiting your grandma at Christmas. The dried fruits suggested below are simply that — suggestions. Feel free to substitute your own favorites; you'll need about 2 1/2 pounds dried fruit total.

The cake that will bring back childhood memories of Christmas at the grandparent's house.

Over the years I have grown very fond of this cake, appreciating the cost, effort, and time that goes into making it. I've also learned that the key to a great fruitcake is a lot of booze - brandy or rum will usually do the trick. It wasn't until a few years back that I sampled my mother-in-law's re

Indulge in the rich, decadent flavors of a traditional black fruitcake, a culinary masterpiece that has graced tables for centuries. This exquisite cake is lovingly crafted with abundant dried fruits, including plump raisins, tangy currants, and sweet figs, all soaked in brandy for an extra layer of indulgence. #BlackFruitCake #FruitCake #Christmas #VintageRecipes #Vintage #Recipe #OldRecipes

Rich, dark and temptingly moist. You can either decorate it or enjoy it just as it is.

Christmas Fruit cake packed full of dried fruits and pecans and then soaked in rum!

Adapted from Ready for Dessert by David LebovitzI've revised and updated this recipe over the years, adding a bit more flour (previous versions of the cake sometimes dipped in the middle when cool, which didn't affect the flavor) and making other adjustments. In place of rum, you could use kirsch, whiskey, or amaretto. If you have an issue with the cake sinking in the middle, I posted a to show how I followed the recipe and how the cake was prepared. To make it easier to slice, I like the…