miniature christmas fruitcakes
My Grand mum was Irish Although she spent more years living in London with her English husband, my Grand Da, she didn't give up her Irish cooking or the telling of Irish Tales. She always made Barmbrack ( Irish fruit cake)for Halloween. But at Christmas time she would ship these lovely little fruitcakes to her grandchildren in the States. She said "Tis a pity to take the whiskey out of my recipe but it's for the Wee ones"
prep time
20 Min
cook time
25 Min
method
Bake
yield
6 dozen mini fruitcakes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup light molasses
- 1/4 cup juice from an orange
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 package raisins (15oz)
- 1 pound mixed candied fruit
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 3 - eggs
- 1 cup = 2 tbs. of all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg, ground
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice, ground
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves, ground
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
How To Make miniature christmas fruitcakes
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Step 1In a saucepan, combine molasses, water and vanilla; add raisins and bring to a boil.
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Step 2Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in fruit; cool.
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Step 3In a mixing bowl cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after adding each egg.
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Step 4Stir together dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.
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Step 5Stir in fruit mixture; mixing well. Fold in the nuts.
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Step 6Spoon into paper lined miniature muffin cups, filling almost to the top.
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Step 7Bake at 325 for 22-24 minutes or until cake test shows it is done.
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