{"id":196,"date":"2023-06-02T08:16:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T08:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/?p=196"},"modified":"2023-09-21T04:55:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T04:55:57","slug":"dark-and-stormy-fruit-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/02\/dark-and-stormy-fruit-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark and stormy fruit cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1kg&nbsp;mixed dried fruit&nbsp;or mixed dried fruit with mixed peel (we used a mixture of raisins, sultanas and currants)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>150ml&nbsp;spiced rum,&nbsp;plus extra for feeding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>250g&nbsp;butter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>200g&nbsp;dark muscovado sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1&nbsp;orange,&nbsp;zested and juiced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1&nbsp;lemon,&nbsp;zested and juiced<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>175g&nbsp;plain flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>125g&nbsp;ground almonds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bd tsp&nbsp;baking powder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 tsp&nbsp;mixed spice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tsp&nbsp;ground cinnamon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tsp&nbsp;ground ginger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5 balls of&nbsp;stem ginger,&nbsp;chopped<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5 medium&nbsp;eggs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 tsp&nbsp;vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Method<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>STEP 1<\/strong>Put the mixed dried fruit in a large pan with the rum, butter, sugar and citrus zest and juice. Set the pan over a medium heat, bring to the boil, then reduce to a simmer and heat until the butter has melted. Leave to cool for 30 mins.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>STEP 2<\/strong>Meanwhile, heat the oven to 150C\/130C fan\/gas 2. Line a deep 20cm cake tin with a double layer of baking parchment, then wrap a double layer of newspaper around the outside and secure with string.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>STEP 3<\/strong>Tip the flour, ground almonds, baking powder and spices into a large&nbsp;bowl. Add the cooled fruit mix along with the syrupy liquid in the pan, then the stem ginger, eggs and vanilla. Stir with a wooden spoon until there are no pockets of flour.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>STEP 4<\/strong>Tip the mix into the tin, level the top with a spatula and bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 2 hrs until cooked through and golden. Remove from the oven, poke holes into the top with a skewer and spoon over 2 tbsp rum. Leave to cool completely in the tin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>STEP 5.<\/strong> Once cool, peel off the baking parchment, then wrap in fresh parchment and store in an airtight cake tin. Feed the cake with 1-2 tbsp rum every fortnight, or up to four times until you ice it. Don\u2019t feed the cake for the final week to give the surface a chance to dry before icing.\u00a0<em>Once iced, the cake will keep in a tin for four weeks. The uniced cake will keep in the freezer for six months.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients Method<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fruit-cake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1294,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions\/1294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}