Xmas Chocolate Fruit Cake Pt. 2
Xmas Chocolate Fruit Cake Pt. 2

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, xmas chocolate fruit cake pt. 2. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Once everything has incorporated, add in lemon zest and juice. Add in the soaked fruits mix and Cointreau. Mostly, people have been conditioned to believe that "comfort" foods are bad for the body and need to be avoided. However, if your comfort food is candy or junk food this holds true.

Xmas Chocolate Fruit Cake Pt. 2 is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Xmas Chocolate Fruit Cake Pt. 2 is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have xmas chocolate fruit cake pt. 2 using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Xmas Chocolate Fruit Cake Pt. 2:
  1. Get Spices:
  2. Get Cinnamon,
  3. Get Cloves,
  4. Get Allspice Berries,
  5. Prepare Nutmeg Freshly Grated,
  6. Make ready Cake:
  7. Prepare Unsalted Butter,
  8. Take Dark Muscovado Sugar,
  9. Get Demerara Sugar,
  10. Get Ghee,
  11. Take Eggs,
  12. Prepare Unbleached All Purpose Flour,
  13. Make ready Dark Rye Flour,
  14. Prepare High Quality Cocoa Powder Preferably Valrhona or Callebaut,
  15. Make ready Fresh Lemon Zest, 1/2 Lemon
  16. Make ready Fresh Lemon Juice, 1/2 Lemon
  17. Get Cointreau / Grand Marnier / Dark Rum, 38g + More For Feeding & Flambeé
  18. Get Walnuts Corasely Chopped,
  19. Take Pistachios Corasely Chopped,

In a large mixing bowl, mix marzipan and sugar with an electric mixer until the mixture looks sandy. Transfer the cooled fruit mixture to a large mixing bowl. Add the beaten eggs, orange zest and chocolate chips and mix well with a wooden spoon. Add the beaten eggs, flour, ground almonds, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda, and stir with a wooden spoon or spatula, however you like, to combine.

Instructions to make Xmas Chocolate Fruit Cake Pt. 2:
  1. Preparing the spice. - - Blitz cinnamon, cloves and allspice berries in a spice grinder until powder forms. - - Transfer into a small bowl. - - Grate in the nutmeg. - - Mix until well combined. - - Set aside.
  2. Prepare the cake. - - Preheat oven to 150 degree celsius or 300 fahrenheit. - - Lightly grease loaf pan or cake pan with butter. - - Lined with parchment paper on the bottom as well as the sides. - - Run aluminium foil around the pan, cut and fold to create like a ring. - - Tie the aluminium foil with a thread. - - This is to prevent the cake from rising unevenly. Make sure the reflective side is facing towards out.
  3. Melt 75g of butter in a skillet. - - Once the butter has melted and starts to "sing", keep a close eye on it, as it can go from browned to burn very fast. - - Once the "singing" has subsided, transfer into a coffee filter over a sieve and bowl. - - Set aside to cool down slightly. - - Weigh the browned butter, if it is under 75g, add any neutral oil to compensate.
  4. Cream the remaining 75g of butter in a large bowl with a hand or stand mixer. - - Cream until it is like mayo consistency. - - Add in the sugar. - - Continue creaming until everything is well combined, light and fluffy. - - Add in the ghee, eggs and the browned butter. - - Mix until well combined.
  5. Add in the freshly ground spices. - - Mix until well combined. - - Sieve and fold in the 2 flour in 1/3 portions at a time. - - Sieve and fold in the cocoa powder in 1/3 portions at a time. - - Once everything has incorporated, add in lemon zest and juice. - - Add in the soaked fruits mix and Cointreau. - - Fold until well combined. - - Add in the nuts. - - Fold until well combined.
  6. Transfer into the prepared cake or loaf pan. - - Wack into the oven and bake for 2hrs to 2.5 hrs or until it passes the skewer test. - - Check frequently after the 1.5 hr mark. - - Remove from oven and set aside to cool completely. - - Once cooled, unmold onto a shallow bowl. - - Add about 3 TBSP of Cointreau into a sauce pot. - - Using a blow torch, light up the Cointreau. - - Be very careful when doing this.
  7. Pour the flambé liqueur over the cake. - - Once the flame has seized, set aside to cool down completely. - - Once cooled, wrap with parchment paper or cling film. - - Wrap another layer of aluminium foil. - - Keep it in a cool and dry place. - - You can feed the cake with 1 TBSP of liqueur once every week for as long as you desire. - - I fed mine for only 2 weeks. - - Slice and enjoy.

Add the beaten eggs, orange zest and chocolate chips and mix well with a wooden spoon. Add the beaten eggs, flour, ground almonds, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda, and stir with a wooden spoon or spatula, however you like, to combine. Pour the fruit cake mixture into the prepared cake tin. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy.

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