10 dark brandied fruit cake Recipes

butter, softened, dark muscovado sugar, eggs, plain flour, level tsp ground mixed spice, dried mixed fruit, dried ready-to-eat pineapple, chopped, dried cranberries, rum or brandy (i used brandy), cake tin, lined with baking parchment

fruit, mixture, currants, raisins, prune, dark brown sugar, mixed spice, cherry brandy, dark rum, cake batter, butter (softened ), eggs, self rising flour, vanilla essence

self raising flour, salt, mixed spice, dried fruit, sliced almonds, glace cherries, butter, sugar (dark brown if available), eggs, good cold coffee, milk, brandy, leftover tea

all-purpose flour, stone-ground yellow cornmeal, heavy cream, eggs, butter, melted, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, dark brown sugar , firmly packed, butter, fruit cocktail, drained, maraschino cherries, drained, chopped walnuts, brandy, cream , for serving, special equipment : 1 (9-inch) cast iron skillet

dark chocolate (highest cocoa content possible), eggs , sparated, sponge cakes, cut to the size of the ramekins, brandy, kirsch (or cherry brandy or black cherry juice, or fresh orange juice), dark mixed fruit (rasberrys, blackcurrants, mulberries, blackberries, etc), water, icing sugar, cream (optional, to serve ), grated chocolate (, optional, to serve ), cornflour (or agar agar, not sure on the proportion though)

butter, softened, soft dark brown sugar, molasses, eggs , plus 1 to 2 more as needed, all-purpose flour, currants, sultanas, raisins, glace cherries, quartered, ground almonds, chopped mixed candied orange and lemon peel, ground ginger, ground allspice, brandy

dried figs, chopped, raisins, chopped, dried prunes, chopped, glace cherries, dates, seeded and chopped, lemon zest, brandy, butter, plain flour, brown sugar, milk, heavy cream, nutella , chocolate hazlenut spread, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, egg yolks, hazelnuts, chopped coarsely, dark chocolate, finely chopped, dark chocolate, melted, extra

white house cookbook (fruit cake circa 1887), url : http://www.vintagerecipes.net/books/whitehouse/fruit_cake_by_measure_excellen.php, fruit cake by measure (excellent), scant teacupfuls of butter, cupfuls of dark brown sugar, eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately, raisins, seeded, currants, washed and dried, citron cut in thin strips, cupful of cooking molasses, cupful of sour milk, a grated nutmeg, tablespoonful of ground cinnamon, teaspoonful of cloves, teaspoonful of mace, wine-glass of brandy, flour, level teaspoonful of soda, instructions, stir the butter and sugar to a cream, add to that nutmeg, ground cinnamon, cloves, mace, the molasses and sour milk. stir all well, then put in the beaten yolks of eggs , brandy; stir again all thoroughly, then add four cupfuls of sifted flour alternately with the beaten whites of eggs., now dissolve soda and stir in thoroughly., mix the fruit together and stir into it two heaping tablespoonfuls of flour; then stir it in the cake., butter two common-sized baking tins carefully , line them with letter paper well buttered, and bake in a moderate oven two hours., after it is baked , let it cool in the pan. afterward put it into a tight can, or let it remain in the pans and cover tightly. best recipe of all.