5 traditional christmas fruit Recipes

light molasses, melted butter, warm milk, eggs, beaten, all-purpose flour , plus additional for tossing fruit, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, candied mixed fruit (or diced dried fruit such as pineapple, pears, apples, and plums), raisins, brandy, holly sprig, for garnish, hard sauce , recipe follows, butter, sugar, salt, vanilla extract, brandy or rum

sultanas, currants, mixed dried fruit, coarsely chopped, orange , juice and zest of, crushed pineapple, brandy, plus extra for finishing, blanched almonds, unsalted butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla essence, almond essence, ground almonds, bread flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, mixed spice, nutmeg, brandy, extra for feeding cake (approximate)

light molasses, melted butter, warm milk, eggs, beaten, all-purpose flour , plus additional for tossing fruit, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, candied mixed fruit (or diced dried fruit such as pineapple, pears, apples, and plums), raisins, brandy, holly sprig, for garnish, hard sauce , recipe follows, butter, sugar, salt, vanilla extract, brandy or rum

dried pears, cut into 1/2-inch chunks, dried figs, cut into 1/2-inch chunks, dried prunes or 1 cup dried plum, roughly chopped, raisins or 1/2 cup sultana, candied orange peel, diced, candied lemon peel, diced, kirschwasser or 1/4 cup rum, water, granulated sugar, active dry yeast, unbleached whole wheat flour, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, vanilla (or seeds scraped from 1 bean), blanched almond, roughly chopped, walnuts, broken into large chunks, hazelnuts (some may be halved, leave others whole), butter