How To Soak Dried Fruits For Christmas Fruit Cake

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You can use any dried fruits and any quantity you like. But make sure you add lots of raisans, since it makes your cake dark and yummy. You can use this dried fruit mix in these recipes Christmas Rum Fruit CakeCaramel Fruit CakeEggless Fruit CakeChocolate Fruit CakeMicrowave Fruit CakeMocha Fruit Cake Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

Ingredients for Soak Dried Fruits for Christmas

Raisans - 2 cup Sultanas - 1 cup Dates - 1 cup chopped Tutti Fruity - 1 cup Dried Cranberries - ½ cup Cherries - ½ cup chopped Prunes - ½ cup chopped Currants - ½ cup chopped Dried Apricots - ½ cup chopped Mixed Nuts - 1 cup (optional- cashews, walnuts, almonds) Rum or Wine - 2 to 3 cup

How to make Soak Dried Fruits for Christmas

Tips & Tricks

1)You can soak the dry fruits over a year. Make sure you use a clean dry glass jar and make sure the dry fruits is completely immersed in alcohol.2)You can top with more alcohol as days pass by, since the fruits will absorb the alcohol.3)You can start using this in cakes from the second day itself. But leaving it to soak for a week give maximum flavour.4)You can use Dark Rum, Brandy, Red Wine or any wine to soak the fruits.5)Store this in a dry dark place.6)Shake the fruits every other day for even distribution.7)If you dont want to use alcohol, use orange juice to soak the fruits, in which case store the dried fruits in fridge and use in a couple of days. Follow me on Instagram, Facebook,Pinterest ,Youtube and Twitter for more Yummy Tummy inspiration.