Christmas Joy n Spirit

Christmas Cherry Fruit Cake

This Christmas cherry fruit cake is a variant of the traditional Christmas fruit cake made during the Christmas season.  This Christmas cherry cake is much simpler to bake in comparison with a traditional fruit cake and is as delicious and flavorful as the other fruit cakes. You can bake this delightful cherry cake this Christmas and surprise your family.

Ingredients

• 1 cup Confectioners’ sugar
  

  Traditional Christmas cherry fruit cake recipe

• 1 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 12 ounces raisins
• I can candied cherries( halved)

Directions

• Preheat your oven to 300 degree F
• Take a 9 inch cake pan and grease it well.
• In a mixing bowl add butter and sugar and beat well until light golden and fluffy.
• Add eggs to the butter mix and beat well.
• Add orange juice to the butter mix.
• In a mixing bowl add flour and baking powder; keep some of the flour aside to dredge the raisins and cherries in.
• Mix the flour to the butter mix and mix well till the batter is smooth.
• Dredge the raisins and cherries in the remaining flour.
• Mix the cherries and cherries to the mix and mix well.
• Pour the cake mix into the pre greased cake pan and bake for 2.5 hours.
• Remove the cake from the oven and allow complete cooling before storing the cake.

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