Just saw this for the first time in Whole Foods! I recommend at week at minimum. After the cakes have cooled, we’ll wrap them tightly in cheesecloth soaked in medium sherry or triple sec.  People will have to vote affirmatively to get one next year. I have an old recipe that mother said won Thinking i need to make this for big family Christmas (am I do mean big, 20+). Thanks again! It was first inspired my British grandmother’s recipe. disclaimer: actual product packaging and materials may contain additional and/or different ingredients, nutritional or proper usage information than the information displayed on our website. Can you soak the cheesecloth in amaretto? They also go well with a scoop of dairy-free ice cream or whip topping. also, i can’t really taste the difference between the dried cherries and the raisins– but i think it is probably because i used brandy, a grape product, instead of rum. Note: I recommend soaking the fruit for a minimum of 12 hours or as long as 24 hours. Please know that baking times and results will vary. Lordy!!!! On its own, it’s good, but just a smidgen dry. Abe's Cakes, Swindon. Your recipe made my day.  Mom keeps insisting I could not have been more wrong. I must admit, I’m very wary of the candied fruit too because it generally just tastes like sugar to me, but this is the absolute BEST fruit cake I’ve ever had. Thanks for your question! So cute!! Not worried about the rum as it cooks off but what about the outside sherry? This recipe uses a wide variety of tart and sweeter dried fruit: golden raisins, dark raisins, figs, prunes, cherries, apricots, and peaches. My cardiologist said that if I and my siblings inherited the condition from both of my parents, we all would have likely died of heart disease or stroke in our twenties. Oh the dilemma, haha. So, if you haven’t already done so, please try these products. So thrilled to hear this! These photos are amazing, Laura (although, they’re always pretty darn great!)!!!! Yes – you could definitely use cream sherry if you prefer. Roll out into a thin layer, cut into strips the size of the sides / top of the loaf and apply. Thank you! This is one of the best things I’ve ever baked. Availability: Abe’s Square Cakes are gaining strong distribution in the U.S. We’ve spotted Abe’s products at Sprouts, Whole Foods, Natural Grocers, other natural food stores and even some conventional grocery stores. OUT OF THIS WORLD! They have a large selection. Cover after cooled completely in fridge. Happy to hear that! Look for them in the bakery department and stock up if on sale – they freeze very well! Contains wheat. My husband and I both thought it begged for dairy-free ice cream or frosting. Claxton Fruit Cake. 60 years later I want to surprise her with a homemade one that gives her the moistness she insisted made them wonderful and the booziness that you just can’t find in any mail-order fruitcakes. It depends on what you have as a substitute, you can try another booze that you think would work well for your flavor preference, etc. I love fruitcake. Just enjoying some Abe’s Vegan Pound Cake (Coffee Cake – my favorite!) My mom will be so honored to hear this. Now I want fruitcake {there’s a sentence I never thought I’d say}… Big thanks to your mom for making fruitcake edible!  They add a wet plumpness. You could certainly choose not to soak the cake – or reserve a section for kids or anyone else that is unsoaked – it just has the best flavor if you do this step. I’d love if you could take the time to come back and leave a review/comment.  I am just surprised that you have to keep it in the refrigerator…  Generally, the alcohol keeps it from spoiling. 🙂, Hi – I would like to know which alcohol tastes the best for wrapping the fruit cake. My fruits are in dark rum soak mode!!! Thanks for sharing! Download Foursquare for your smart phone and start exploring the world around you! Kids EAT FREE every Monday night, and each meal comes with one side and a drink Sides are: french fries, fruit salad, white rice, green beans, or a side salad **For adults 12 and over, drinks are $1.99** My uncle was a chef and made a great buttery pound cake, and I thought that was the best, so Ive been trying to find something as good for many years!! Kudos to your mother and you for sharing with us.. Kim & Christopher 🥮💕👌🥰. Flavor is just as good, if not better! And if it won’t last more than 4-6 weeks, could/should I freeze it? then you will be elated to discover Abe’s Square Cakes. In a bowl combine chopped apples, oil, and sugar. I wanna go to give try this fruits cake recipe thanks for posting. FREE Shipping on your first order shipped by Amazon. Plus, I’ve just never made this particular cake in one, so I’m hesitant to say an exact recipe conversion. Alisa is also a professional recipe creator and product ambassador for the natural food industry. I will use it for the dribbles and curing. I have never tried to make a fruit cake, but this one actually sounds and looks really great! You definitely don’t have to soak it for all of that time! So thrilled to hear that Christine! I will test in 4-6 weeks. 2 Lb. I just fixed this. Traditional chicken soup is made from chicken broth, chunks of chicken, and vegetables like carrots, celery, and onion. Slightly biased, but hope you agree! But I would like to make into smaller, 3×6 loaves? Showing all 3 results. Fantastic blog and absolutely stunning pictures! I used 7 small loaf tins and the bake was awesome! , and can say the flavor is perfectly sweet. So glad that I found ya! it turned out pretty good. Highly recommend. Nutrition (per 1/7th cake): 210 calories, 9g fat, 31g carbs, 0g fiber, 18g sugars, 2g protein.*. Can I use Cream sherry to soak the fruit instead of rum? Hope this helps! This is the best fruit cake in the world – and the only fruit cake that I’ve ever loved and enjoyed. I do not recommend making equipment substitutions, as I cannot personally say whether they will work! She is still getting the hang of leaving comments–for a while she thought she had to put her full name in the “contact” form. They make tons of fabulous vegan mini muffins, and now they have Abe’s Vegan Pound Cakes! Set … Peel away the wax paper from top of cake. Winner! Do people serve this cake to children and recovering alcoholis? I (and others!) (Btw, I’m American, but moved to the UK earlier this year–still getting used to everything British!) If no why ? It’s our favorite vegan baked goods company. We’ve tried the coffee cake, chocolate, and the cornbread. Dietary Notes: By ingredients, Abe’s Square Cakes are dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan, and vegetarian.*. I don’t think you would *have* to line them with parchment paper, but since the cake is on the more delicate side – I would strongly recommend lining it to be safe. Pour into prepared pan. It reduces clean-up and common user errors, such as over measuring flour.  You have made a brilliant job of “rewriting” this recipe so it makes sense to others. Nutrition (per 1/5th cake): 280 calories, 11g fat, 44g carbs, 1g fiber, 26g sugars, 3g protein.*. This fruit cake recipe has been passed onto me from my mom. Every year when I make it though – I forget to add the nuts and ginger as they are listed in the ingredients, but not added in in the instructions. Hope that helps! Currants in the US (sometimes called zante currants) are essentially just small raisins (they’re made from grapes), so they don’t offer much of a flavor contrast from the other raisin addition.  I used FOUR 3 x 7 Pans (not quite “minis” with parchment all around – (i cut little surrounds) Perfection at  1 hour and 15 minutes for the test loaf, and because it was so moist, I left the others in for 1:25 just to be sure. So moist and delicious. they are amazing! I’m wondering, if I use triple sec now, should I use sherry for the next couple weeks or keep using the triple sec. Can I substitute or use other types of dried fruit? I picked up a loaf of Abe’s coffee cake at Whole Foods, and the next week I picked up another one! Following! Thanks so much! Mine didn’t turn brown though; they stayed a medium pail brown. I cant wait to taste it again once its aged abit. Monk Hand-made Fruit Cakes Shipped-to-You to Enjoy From The Abbey. You know those ones that are sold in the stores or sent as gifts at this time of the year? Yours looks sooo good. So happy to hear that!!! I think you’ll like it more than candied (if I do say so myself 😉 ). I’ve never made fruitcake before so not quite sure. Thank you so much for your comment, I’m so glad you’re such a fan of this fruitcake! My middle son Abe just turned 19 and came home from college for his birthday dinner. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases. Just one question… This year I remembered and thought I might tell you so that you can change it for others. This fruit cake is not your average fruit cake recipe. Contains wheat. It means a lot!! We use a serrated knife to cut it into thin slices or cut regular slices in half. This holiday-inspired flavor was a little less moist than the others and more “gingerbread” like than cake. Ingredients: non-gmo sugar, non-gmo unenriched flour, organic rice milk (filtered water, brown rice [partially milled], expeller pressed canola oil and/or safflower oil and/or sunflower oil, tricalcium phosphate, sea salt, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d2, vitamin b12), water, non-gmo canola oil, salt, non-gmo baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate [baking soda], non-gmo corn starch), baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, clove, ginger. may i know if u were using the oven with fan force or not? The dried fruit will hydrate and plump up and soak up all of the dark rum during this time. Thank you so much! .juice  is added to the booze and soaked overnight and it always works really well. Glad to know there is a fellow fruitcake fan out there. I’m going to ask my mom (pro about the fruit cakes) and get back to you, as it has been a while since I made this. But yours looks amazing! I’ve made this cake countless times and many other people have, I have never once received feedback on it being dry. Variation: instead of adding the ½ cup milk to the batter, substitute ½ cup strong cold coffee. Hope this helps!Â, I have two loaves in the oven at this moment. The bones of the original fruit cake recipe have remained the same, but it has been re-tested thoroughly. This may have to change sometime soon. I have made this and enjoyed a lot with my family. These are unfrosted cakes, but in most cases, you won’t need anything but a fork! Looking forward to your mom’s advice on marzipan and icing. The words ‘world’s best’ and fruit cake are generally not seen as compatible with one another. A+! i definitely suggest anyone who comes across this to give it a try! Several ingredients have been revamped and simplified to make it easier to prepare in your own kitchen. Hi, any chance to get cup measurement to kilograms pleaseÂ, Hi Mimi! A question about soaking the cake. Foursquare © 2020  Lovingly made in NYC, CHI, SEA & LA, "Got the lumache v nice airy pasta with a broccoli rabe pesto and the ricotta cavatelli special with sausage- DELICIOUS", "Burrata pizza is worth every penny classic pie with fresh basil burrata and Parmesan. It is a very thick, fruit heavy mixture. Thanks Tieghan!! I think it will work but want your thoughts. I would recommend checking out this page: http://dish.allrecipes.com/cake-pan-size-conversions/ and trying to determine the volume of the cake pan you want to use and comparing it to the volume of (two) loaf pans as stated in the recipe. I made this fruitcake for my friends , Everyone of them have liked it. ), but I do believe it would be fine if it was kept in a very cold area, especially if it was consumed in a relatively quick amount of time.