22/11/2023
TIPS FOR BAKING RICH FRUIT CAKE:
*Soaking your fruits/raisins/nuts in alcohol gives it a rich taste.
* Coat your fruits in flour to prevent them from sinking while baking
*Use good Brandy for baking or dousing your cakes and also soaking your fruits.
* Use of quality spices like cinnamon, All spice, nutmeg enhances the taste and gives it that rich taste.
* Avoid overmixing the barter, fruit cake is a dense cake, it is nit from the fluffy cake family.
* Avoid baking your fruit cake on high heat, my mentor will always tell me Chioma, I bake my fruit cake on the lowest heat even if it takes the whole day to bake am ok.
* Ensure to douse your fruit cake with Brandy once it's out of oven or has cooled down a bit, helps to enhance the taste more and acts as a preserving agent.
* If you are going to age your fruit cake, make sure to feed it alcohol atleast once a week or in two weeks, carefully wrapped and kept in your fridge or freezer.
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