Best Bourbon Fruit Cake Recipe

The cakes are done when a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.

Best bourbon fruit cake recipe.

Preheat oven to 300. Add the melted chocolate walnuts and the marinated fruit along with the bourbon. Put flour and spices in a large paper bag add fruit and shake well and add to batter. Fruitcake can remain in its pan for storage if desired.

Brush the warm cake with rum or brandy. Or carefully remove cake from the pan after about 5 minutes loosening its edges first. Bring mixture to a boil stirring often then reduce heat and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. Soak all fruits and nuts in 1 cup kentucky bourbon for 24 hours.

Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan and line the bottom with greased waxed paper. When almost cool brush sides and inside hole heavily with bourbon. Line tube pan with waxed paper and pour cake batter into pan. Combine fruit and nuts.

Add eggs one at a time beating after each addition and set aside. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes before turning out. In a large bowl combine the candied fruits raisins currants and bourbon. Stir 1 3 cup bourbon into milk in measuring cup.

Wrap cake with bourbon soaked cheesecloth then with plastic wrap. It s a dense cake that has a strong bourbon flavor mellowed with the addition of buttery chopped pecans. Pour over the fruit and nuts. Sift all dry ingredients and stir until well combined.

Let the fruit marinate in a cool place for 1 full day or at least 20 hours. Cream together the butter and brown sugar until fluffy in a kitchenaid mixer. Pour the batter into the pan. On the first day combine the candied orange peel candied citron candied pineapple red and green candied cherries currants raisins walnuts and almonds.

This southern bourbon cake certainly has that. Combine the orange juice and the 2 3 cup bourbon. Cream softened butter and sugar using an electric mixer until well combined. Refrigerate overnight and saturate again with bourbon.

Add beaten egg whites last. Place fruit and nuts in a large bowl and toss well with the 1 2 cup all purpose flour. Place fruit and liquid in a non reactive pot with the sugar butter apple juice and spices. Then more bourbon is poured over the warm cake and finally a bourbon butter glaze is drizzled over the top.

Stir and then cover tightly. Remove the cakes from the oven. Make a batter with the sugar applesauce butter molasses and egg yolks. Mix well cover and marinate 3 hours on the counter.

May take longer than 5 hours. Bake at 275 f for about 3 to 3 1 2 hours or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Test cake with wooden pick. Be sure to get a good bourbon because that s where all the flavor is going to come from.

In another bowl cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.