GF Butter Boozy Fruit Cake

Name: GF Butter Boozy Fruit Cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 oz candied ginger chopped in 1/4 inch chunks; 6 oz dried apricots halved; 8 oz dried blueberries; 8 oz dried cherries halved; 8 oz dried dates chopped into quarters; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 1/2 can apricot nectar; 3/4 cup Gran Gala Triple Orange Liqueur; 3/4 cup Kraken Black Spiced Rum; 3/4 cup unsalted cashews; 3/4 cup unsalted pecans halves; 2.5 cups GF flour mix; 1.5 tsp Xanthan gum; 1 tbsp cinnamon; 2 tsp Lebkuchengewurz spice blend... German gingerbread spice; Zest and juice of one orange and one lemon; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 LB (4 sticks) butter; 1 cup white sugar; 5 large eggs

jason williams @ThePrancingPig

Columbus, Ohio Area

...not a nasty gross fruit cake with terrible dried candied stuff that never should have been created in the first place. Okay now that I've gotten that out of my system, here is what we like in a fruit cake. Our inspiration is the same ingredients the that we would love in trail mix incorporated into a rich dense cake. Make a glorious dense cake and fill with great stuff then moisten with booze you can't live without! Easy right. Fruitcake should not be so hard...

jason williams @ThePrancingPig

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Ingredients

Fruity booze mix
2 ozcandied ginger chopped in 1/4 inch chunks
6 ozdried apricots halved
8 ozdried blueberries
8 ozdried cherries halved
8 ozdried dates chopped into quarters
2 tbsplemon juice
1/2 canapricot nectar
3/4 cupGran Gala Triple Orange Liqueur
3/4 cupKraken Black Spiced Rum
Nut mix
3/4 cupunsalted cashews
3/4 cupunsalted pecans halves
Cake mix
2.5 cupsGF flour mix
1.5 tspXanthan gum
1 tbspcinnamon
2 tspLebkuchengewurz spice blend... German gingerbread spice
Zest and juice of one orange and one lemon
1 tspbaking powder
1 LB (4 sticks)butter
1 cupwhite sugar
5large eggs

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Steps

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Combine all the fruit mix ingredients the night before.
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Extra credit cooks bonus! Grab two rocks glasses add an ice cube to each then pour the remaining apricot nectar into the glasses. In one glass add a shot of spiced rum and in the other add a shot of gran gala. Enjoy!
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Pre heat oven to 325.
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Pull the fruit mix out of the refrigerator. Zest and juice the orange and the lemon. Add both juices to the fruit mix. Set zest aside.
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Toast the nuts in a skillet. Let cool, rough chop and side aside for later.
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Whisk all dry cake ingredients together including the citrus zest. If you do not have the Lebkuchengewurz spice blend on hand, your favorite holiday spice blend will also work.
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Cream the butter and sugar together. Then add the eggs one at a time.
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Add the dry ingredients into the wet and combine thoroughly.
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Mix the nuts into the fruit mix.
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Grease 2 loaf pans.
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Stir the fruit nut mixture into the batter. Do this by hand and use a spatula with some strength. The batter is dense and will give your arm a good workout!
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Distribute the batter evenly between the 2 loaf pans. Tap them on the counter lightly to make sure the batter is settled on the bottom.
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Bake for about an hour and a half. After an hour start checking them by putting a butter knife in the middle to see if it comes out clean.
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When done let cool and turn them out onto a cutting board.
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Once completely cooled move to a vessel large enough for both to have space around them and lid. We used a cake carrier.
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You can eat right away, but we are going to wait at least two weeks. During this long wait we will be spritzing with spiced rum roughly every 3 days.
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See not so scary!

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jason williams @ThePrancingPig

on December 11, 2018 00:33

Columbus, Ohio Area

I have always been in love with flavor combinations even before I was allowed to use the stove by myself. I would come home from school and test out what was on hand with what I could maybe cook in the microwave. Little did I know I was starting down a life long journey of exploring flavors and recipes that I love and share with the people I care the most about.https://www.instagram.com/theeclecticcook/https://pin.it/vuncaiso65qrkl