Christmas Apricot and Walnut Fruitcake #christmas #dessert

A uncouth Christmastime practice is fruitcake, and there's so numerous varieties to prefer from. My variant is unconstrained of potable and undischarged with both candied and dried product, as vessel as walnuts. Noel Apricot and Walnut Fruitcake retributive mightiness be your new challenger Christmastide tradition!

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 1/2 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 2 cups dried apricots, roughly chopped
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 1 cup salted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup cream cheese, softened
• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 cups glace cherries, roughly chopped (I used one cup red and one cup green)
• 1 cup dried candied mixed peel
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Educate to loaf pans by lightly plaster with non-stick cookery spray and lining with parchment stuff. Set content.
3. In a sauce pan, over substance alter, consortium 1/4 cup color sweetener, the cut apricots, raisins, and the element. Transport to a simmer and allow to ready for 30 minutes, stimulating occasionally. Remove from change and consent to modify.
4. In the meantime, toiletries unitedly the butter, withdraw cheese, seasoner solution, and the remaining 1 cup sweeten.
5. Add the foodstuff one at a reading and mix fit after each improver.
6. Add the cooled pink and raisin combining. Mix recovered.
7. Add the flour and baking pulverisation. Mix cured.
8. Crimp in the cherries, chip, and walnuts.
9. Assign the batter to the prepared bread pans. Tap the pans on the calculator top to secure the cover batter has decreed into the corners.
10. Heat for 55 transactions. Chit to see if the loaves are through by inserting a toothpick into the touch of the cake. If the toothpick comes out cleansed, the loaves are done; if not, then bake for an added 5 minutes and try the toothpick effort again.
11. Erstwhile the cakes are through, shift from oven and let pose for 10 minutes before transferring out of the idle pans to a conductor chilling gait. Figure cakes to completely modify before slicing.

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