Not Your Grandmother’s Fruitcake Recipe

Not Your Grandmother’s Fruitcake Recipe

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Fruit cake gets a bad rap. And normally, rightfully so. Most fruitcakes are best suited as doorstops, or substitutes for dumbbells. The only bicep cur

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Cooking tools:

  • Stand mixer
  • Bundt pan
  • Pot
  • Oven
  • Mixing bowl
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon
  • Baking spray
  • Toothpick
  • Airtight container
  • Whisk
  • Spatula
  • Cooling rack
  • Kitchen scale
  • Pastry brush
  • Loaf pan
  • Cake pan
  • Cupcake liner
  • Muffin tin

Ingredients

  • 1 cup dried cranberries
  • 1 cup dried blueberries
  • 1 cup dried cherries
  • 1/2 cup golden raisin
  • 1/2 cup dried peaches, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
  • 1 cup dried strawberries
  • 1 1/4 cups Bourbon
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar (or turbinado sugar)
  • 5 ounces unsalted butter (1 1/4 sticks)
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 eggs large eggs
  • extra Bourbon, for basting
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons Bourbon
  • 1 tablespoon orange juice
  • 1 tablespoon honey

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