The Ultimate Classic Fruit Cake

"This is an Eric Lanlard recipe-the French pastry chef who made Madonna's wedding cake and the Beckham children’s birthday cakes. Don’t be put off by the list of ingredients, it really isn't that bad, and the results are amazing. This is truly the king of fruit cakes. I ice it and use it as my Christmas cake every year, and un-iced throughout the year! My father-in-law claims it is the best fruit cake he has ever eaten (he's 75 and eaten a few!) and my husband and 3 year old go mad for it. It freezes perfectly, even if its iced, so no need to worry about the size of it."
 
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Ready In:
2hrs 25mins
Ingredients:
22
Serves:
16
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ingredients

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directions

  • Place raisins in a bowl. Add enough grand Marnier/Cointreau to cover them. Cover bowl and leave for 24 hours.
  • Preheat oven to 150°C.
  • In a large bowl, using a wooden spoon, cream together the butter and sugar.
  • Add the eggs one at a time. If mixture looks a bit like splitting, add a little flour.
  • Add sifted flour, mixed spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice and Grand Marnier. Mix together.
  • Gently fold in soaked raisins, dried chopped apricots, sultanas, chopped peel, cherries, walnuts and hazelnuts.
  • Spoon the cake mix into 2 greased and lined 22cm spring form tins.
  • Bake cakes for 2 1/2 hours to 3 hours.
  • Remove and cool on wire rack. Once cool spray with more alcohol and wrap in cling film. Keep cakes in cool dry place until you ice/decorate them.
  • ICING: Gently heat jam until spreadable. Spread over top and edges of cake.
  • Roll out marzipan very thinly to the circumference of cake, also a strip around width of cake.
  • Place marzipan on cake-gently pinch strip around top and side to stick them together. Repeat this with the icing. Mix together icing sugar, egg white and a few drops of food colouring into a smooth paste. Put into icing bag and decorate as desired.

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  1. OMG this is the most fabulous and tasty thing. I made this for family and friends and they simply wanted the plans to create such a wonderful delight. they were use to the plain and drab fruit cakes which most people would gran because they see it. this one however, was a hit and went faster than the prized peanut-butter pie someone brought! Thank you so much!!!
     
  2. I am rating just th fruitcake since I did not make the icing. I prefer my fruitcake plain. Wonderful fruit filled cake. I did cut back a bit on the amount of fruit and nuts. Made for PRMR
     
  3. this is close to the recipe my Mother and I used to bake. I bake fruitcakes every year (about 6 of them) for the family. Instead of GrandMarinier, I use Amaretto. I usually wrap the cakes in cheese cloth when cooled then "marinate" weekly until I mail them off. They travel well, and can be freezed ---- my brother slice them, freeze them, then remove slices as they need them
     
  4. This is a great fruit cake (I am addicted to fruit cakes) and oddly enough I just made a very similar one about a month ago. It smells wonderful but not cutting into it until our company arrives (from Ireland) next week. Love your recipes Noo.
     
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