Dessert

Mme's Christmas Fruitcake is for Dessert.

Mme's Christmas Fruitcake takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Mme's Christmas Fruitcake takes 120 minutes to cook.

Mme's Christmas Fruitcake makes 20 servings.

The ingredients for Mme's Christmas Fruitcake are:

I cup Candied Peel
1 cup AP flour
8 fl oz Rum, divided
1 cup, halves pecans & walnuts, chopped (measure first then chop)
3/4 cup unpacked) golden seedless raisins
3/4 cup dried pitted dates (measure first then chop)
1/4 tsp Cinnamon, ground
1/4 tsp Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt (by LADYJOY3)
1/8 tsp Cloves, ground
1/8 tsp Nutmeg, ground
1/16 tsp Ginger, ground
3/8 cup Applesauce, unsweetened
1 serving Eggland's Best Large Egg
3/8 cup Simply Egg Whites
3/8 cup Granulated Sugar
1/2 tsp Almond Extract
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract, imitation, alcohol
Other: Parchment paper, cooking spray, cheesecloth

Here is how you make Mme's Christmas Fruitcake:

1. Preheat oven to 250?.2. Coat an (8 x 4-inch) loaf pan with cooking spray; line bottom and sides of pans with parchment paper. Coat parchment paper with cooking spray.3. Combine pecans, walnuts and raisins, dates, and candied peel in a large bowl. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Add 1/2 cup flour to nut mixture, tossing to coat.4. Combine 1/2 cup flour, cinnamon, salt, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger in a small bowl. Place applesauce and sugar in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at high speed 3 minutes or until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Add egg and egg whites, separately, beating well after each addition. Add flour-spice mixture; beat at medium speed until blended. Add 1/8 cup rum and extracts, beating at low speed until blended. Stir nut mixture into batter.5. Spoon batter into prepared pan, pressing firmly to pack. Press a piece of parchment paper onto surface of batter.6. Add water to a 11 x 7-inch glass or ceramic baking dish to a depth of 1 inch; place on bottom rack in oven. Place loaf pan on middle rack in oven. Bake at 250? for 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.7. Remove top piece of parchment paper. Immediately pierce cakes several times with a long wooden pick, and brush 2 tablespoons rum over each cake. Cool completely in pans on a wire rack. Remove from pans.8. Cut an (18-inch) pieces of cheesecloth. Soak cheesecloth in 1/4 cup rum. Wrap a rum-soaked piece of cheesecloth around the cake, and place it in a large zip-top plastic bag; seal and store in a cool place at least 24 hours.Serving Size:?16 slices

The nutritional information for Mme's Christmas Fruitcake is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 20
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 175.4

• Total Fat: 4.2 g
• Cholesterol: 8.7 mg
• Sodium: 25.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 26.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.2 g
• Protein: 2.3 g