Easy Moist Fruit Cake

Name: Easy Moist Fruit Cake
Ingredients: ¾ cups unsalted butter; ¾ cups soft brown sugar; 2 cups dried fruits (I used a combination of sultanas, raisins, currants, red and green glace cherries and citrus peel (see note 1)); ½ cup dates (pitted and cut into small pieces, see note 2); ⅔ cups store bought sweetened orange juice (like Just Juice, Tropicana etc.); 1½ tbsp orange zest (the zest of about 1 medium sized orange. The juice of the orange will be used later in the syrup.); 2 tbsp molasses; 1¾ cups all purpose flour; 1½ tsps baking powder; ½ tsp salt (omit if using salted butter); 1½ tsps cinnamon powder; ½ tsp ground ginger powder; ¼ tsp nutmeg; 1 tsp all spice; ¼ cup unflavoured vegetable oil (I use canola oil); 3 large eggs (room temperature); 1 cup walnuts (halved); 3 tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice; 1¾ tbsp white granulated sugar

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This super moist fruit cake recipe is one of my favourite cakes of all time (I never thought I'd say that about fruit cake!).

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Ingredients

¾ cups unsalted butter
¾ cups soft brown sugar
2 cups dried fruits (I used a combination of sultanas, raisins, currants, red and green glace cherries and citrus peel (see note 1))
½ cup dates (pitted and cut into small pieces, see note 2)
⅔ cups store bought sweetened orange juice (like Just Juice, Tropicana etc.)
1½ tbsp orange zest (the zest of about 1 medium sized orange. The juice of the orange will be used later in the syrup.)
2 tbsp molasses
1¾ cups all purpose flour
1½ tsps baking powder
½ tsp salt (omit if using salted butter)
1½ tsps cinnamon powder
½ tsp ground ginger powder
¼ tsp nutmeg
1 tsp all spice
¼ cup unflavoured vegetable oil (I use canola oil)
3 large eggs (room temperature)
1 cup walnuts (halved)
3 tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice
1¾ tbsp white granulated sugar