The time has finally come to bake the fruitcakes! My dried fruits have been soaking in the rum and Porto for over a month now. I have been carefully making the fruits every day and it simply smelled delicious.
Today, I ran the dried fruits in my Vitamix and turned them into a paste.
I prepared my ingredients:
2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for pans
4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pans
4 ounces blanched almonds (2/3 cup)
1/3 cup boiling water
1/4 cup unseetened cocoa powder
2 1/2 cups packed dark-brown sugar
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
10 large eggs, at room temperature
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup molasses or cane sugar
Once all my ingredients were mixed together, I added the dried fruit puree and mixed well.
I lined my baking trays with parchament paper and buttered them well. I warmed my oven at 300 F and baked the cakes for 2 hours. It smelled like Christmas in my house!
Today, I carefully cut the cakes into squares and prepared some gift boxes for some neighbours.
Merry Christmas everyone!!
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