Fruit Cake Recipe Demonstration - Joyofbaking.com 

Been making this cake for 5 years now. Can’t wait to bake it this year too. This has become our family tradition for holiday season. Thank you dear Stephanie.

If you want to know how 'Luxury' tastes, this is it! I made this a month before Christmas and the family is still raving about it. Each bite, a sheer indulgence! Thank you, Stephanie!

HELLO STEPHANIE: Finally a fruit cake recipe with all the ingredients neatly laid out to begin with, using both American amounts and metric measurements for Canadians. Thanks Stephanie, this is the internet recipe I am going to use.

My mother use to make fruitcake a few weeks before Christmas and she would take cheese cloth and soak it in sherry and put it in the middle of her fruitcake wrap it and put it in a tin and put it in a dark place and every few days she would resoak the cloth. She said that makes your cake mellow. It was really good. She cooked hers in a tube pan

I made my debut baking a cake by using your recipe in 2018. It was a huge hit. Now it’s 2019, I am just followed your recipe to make my fruit cake for this year too. Thank u❤️❤️

I baked this cake for Christmas this year. It is my go to recipe for Christmas cake every year and everyone loves it. This recipe is just perfect ! Thank you Stephanie !

Dear Stephanie, thank you for your video. I've been your fan for a long time. Before that, I knew nothing about baking. You inspired me and I made my first baking by following your recipe and demonstration. Steps and explanation are so clear & helpful. Thank you so much again.

I have been following your blog and using your recipes since 2000 when I was still in graduate school at Michigan. I tried this fruit cake recipe way back in 2010 when I moved to Montana for work and I've always loved it. I have moved back to the Philippines for good and I have been making 4-8 batches of this fruit cake recipe for the last three years. My friends love this cake and have been requesting me every year to make it. Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you for sharing your recipes and it only took me 20 years to finally do so.

Stephanie, i have used several of your recipes over the last 5 years, this Recipe makes Fruit Cake look palatable.

Stephanie is an absolute pleasure to listen to as she demonstrates her baking skills.

Hello Mrs.Stephanie!! I'm New to your Channel..Lol I've been baking cakes...cookies...pies for years....I'm am so thrilled I came across your Channel. I enjoy your demonstrations/tutorials of baking. My Mother used to Make a Fruit Cake for Christmas when I was a little girl....I didn't like it then and still don't.... ( I would have a No thank you helping Lol) Like you said..Either you love it or you don't. I will bake the Fruit Cake for Friends. Thank you again Mrs. Stephanie for taking me back to fond memories. :-)

When I was little, my dad had a friend who was a chef. Each year, he would give us a home make fruit cake for Christmas. I love that cake. I still remember the taste of his cake. Since he passed away, I could not find any fruit cake or Christmas pudding that had the same taste and texture. I had lost hope. And then, one day I was serving youtube and came across this video. I got all ingredients and was excited to give it a try. Boy oh boy! This is it! The cake that I had when I was a little girl. Thanks Stephanie.

Thank you, Stephanie for this great recipe. My Mom used to bake Christmas Cakes, several years ago and her recipe was very similar to yours. I have'nt baked one for the last ten years and this year I decided to bake... not one, but two of them. I surfed the net for a good recipe and voila! I stumbled on your site. Well, I followed your recipe and ended up with a cake that was "fighting over the last piece" delicious. Your presentation is great. you explain things with such simplicity that even a child could come up with splendid results.

I baked this cake last night. I can't wait to try it a few days later. This recipe was extremely accurate like all of your recipes. I love that all the recipes made from this channel work out exactly like shown in the video, every single time.

You've just gotten a new subscriber! I enjoyed your video very much. I have to say you were always very knowledgeable, but now you are also so warm and personable, it made me enjoy learning a new recipe all the more!!!

I can't wait to try this version. Thanks for covering how to store, where to store, how long to store and how often to brush on booze.

Hi Dear. I am a great fan of your baking. infact i learnt baking with your videos. I recently won first price for xmas cake baking competition using the above receipe. thank you so much. You explain so well that any one can learn.

I've been making this fruit cake every year for the last 6 years for my husband, he is from England and fruit cake is still very popular there unlike here in the US. He loves loves this recipe, its super moist and flavorful.

This fruit cake looks absolutely WONDERFUL!!! I have never seen one made but it looks doable. I hope to attempt baking it, soon. Wish I was at her place to sample it!!! It really looks deelish! Great class!!!

I love this recipe a million times, with the orange zest and juice the taste is just so yummie😋

Watching you Stephanie, is like watching an old friend. Always so sweet and comforting to watch. All your recipes are delicious!! Thank you for taking so much time for sharing your videos!

Made this for Christmas 2021. It had about a six week stint on the counter before Christmas with a couple of basting of Grand Marnier in the first week. At Christmas, it was pretty boozy and a bit muddled - good, but not great. I took the half that wasn't consumed, wrapped it and put it in the freezer. I took it out of the freezer three days ago to thaw out and warm up for Christmas 2022. I unwrapped it and had a slice last night. It is absolutely spectacular. It is sweet, the fruit shines through and there is great depth of flavor. Doesn't taste boozy anymore. It appears from my (one) experience, that aging fruitcakes is a legitimate thing. It was in the freezer and it still worked. Now it makes me wonder for how long it might continue to improve.

I doubled this recipe and made a large cake in a springform pan, 4 minis in springform pans and two mini loaves to give away! Thanks for all your fantastic recipes! Your website is just so informative and thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Had to make 3 batches this year to supply all my family requests! Its a great fruitcake. Right now al are ripening in the fridge with some grand marnier. If you’ve never made fruitcake before, try this. I was a fruitcake virgin till I tried this. Its easy and delicious.

I have been following your recipies for years Stephanie and I should say that if anyone follows your steps intact. Your recipes can never go wrong. They are so perfect..its because you explains all that is to know in a very simple way !!! I will surely try this fruit cake. Thank u Steph...you are superb. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and your family...from India. :)

The bit of flour to stop the fruit sticking is my favourite thing in a long while...never thought of it. Thank you!

you are my favorite baker ,... you are amazing .انتي المفضله عندي انت. الافضل دائما

I just made my first fruitcake today for Christmas tomorrow! It turned out beautiful. I used my grandmother's recipe that you eat the next day.. it doesn't have alcohol, but grape juice in the batter in place of milk. I'm so excited it turned out so well. I put an orange glaze and maraschino cherries on top for decoration.

I made this fruit cake. It was excellent and everyone loved and appreciated me. Thank you

Hi, i would like to thank you for sharing this recipe. I baked this 3 weeks ago and gave to officemates. I only got compliments. My boss said this morning that this is the best fruitcake he has even eaten in his whole entire life. Thank you soo much stephanie for a wonderful recipe and for teaching step by step. Merry christmas!!!! All the best always!!!

4th year in a row making this cake. Its almost like a holiday tradition now. I actually don't write down the recipe just so I can come back every year to see you do it. Like watching Home alone every December. It never gets old and it's bloody delicious!!

I made this Fruitcake recipe around Thanksgiving(US), dutifully brushed on Grand Marnier 2x's a week until Christmas. By far the best fruit cake I've eaten... and I made it! Great "always make this one" recipe. (Baked in 4 small loaf pans to send 2 off as gifts)

Made this cake today! Delicious ....many thanks Stephanie ! You are my go to guide for baking -can't thank you enough !

Thanks for this recipe . I'm definitely going to make this for my sister who LOVES fruitcake as a pick-me-up . I wish I could do more for both herself and her daughters . ❤

This cake looks delicious! In Venezuela we have a similar cake called Torta Negra or Black cake. We bake it with macerated fruits in alcohol, nuts, cocoa powder and melted chocolate! Usually the fruits are macerated months in advance, preferible after Christmas (when you can buy the fruit on sale and have some left over booze hehehe). It is very traditional and every mom has her recipe! As you said is a case of love it or hate it! Thank you for sharing!

what a wonderful lady with a melodious voice! A real pleasure to watch this lady bake.

Thank you for this delicious recipe Ms. Stephanie. I just did this recently and I have brushing it with brandy for a week now and but it taste great as it is. I can't wait for christmas time.

I love this woman!!! I love the enthusiasm so much!!

Just to let you know I've been looking for fruitcake for so long finally I got the right one the best cake in the world I follow exactly the recipe and it came out like heaven thank you so much I don't know how to thank you There's no words thank you again 🙏❤❤❤❤

I made this cake for Christmas! It was just melting in the month! Soo delicious! Thank you very much for this receipt!!!

Thank you for the detailed and wonderful demonstration. I love the way you keep those empty dishes away in all videos 😘

thank you Stephanie . today i am making this cake furst time . since my wife is working and i am unemployed on the 25 it's our aniversity. sorry 4 bad spelling . again thank's

Had been waiting for this video. I am definitely baking this cake for christmas.Thank you so much. I love the way you demonstrate.

I made this last Christmas and came out wonderful. I am back here to make it again for this Christmas.... thank you for the wonderful recipe and presentation....

So traditional.love the recipe and was looking forward being cut at the end to see the inside😄 overall just perfect!

I have used your recipe but used a vegan spread styled butter and a plain soya yogurt and my egg replacer but the rest as in your recipe then a second cake using your exact recipe as a gift both worked very well indeed thanks it worked for my home cake as I am vegan now 31 year and 40 years before a Lacto vegetarian soon to be 72 years in all cheers once again

Great recipe! thanks to your teaching I am learning a lot.... thank you Stephanie, my Jamaican husband will love this fruit cake.

Thank you so much for the recipe! I baked it and it turns out so amazingly delicious!! Friends and family LOVE the fruit cake and they thought I bought it from any bakery in Malaysia!!! Hahahahahaha They fell in love at the first bite!! Thank you again so very much!!!! Thank you for giving me the Joy of Baking!

Dear, I tried your recipe exactly the way you have demonstrated...it came out just perfect. I am so happy.....thank you..much love from India...Merry Christmas in advance

Bravo...and merry Christmas.....all the time with your nice recipes....

Being English one of our traits is we believe we know all there is to know about baking!! I have learnt so much from Joy. The tip about mixing flour through the fruit is something I will definitely try both when I make this cake and the next time I make a Cherry Cake, maybe then I wont have a cake where all the cherries sink to the bottom. In our house its know as ‘the acne cake’!! 💐💐

Melted butter,jar of homemade marmalade,raisins,currants,sultanas,chopped dried apricots,stem ginger cut,ground mixed spice,crushed juniper berries, treacle ,whole raw almonds,flour,eggs baking powder…hand mix ..makes Two large cakes….when cool pour red wine over them and wrap in silver foil and clingfilm..refrigerate for a few weeks….delicious moist heavy fruitcake your granny would be proud to serve! X

I was just looking for something like this for my Christmas baking list! Thank you! Especially for your clear, thorough and nice instructions and comments, one just have to smile. It shows that you're doing it with so much love and soul :) thank you again and whishing you and your family blessed hollidays :D

I am your fan from Thailand, Over the years you look the same. It is fun watching your video. I enjoy it so much, aside from the best recipes I really love your wits and humor.

I'm definitely gonna make this one for Christmas

Tried this recipe for the first time. Made it in November and we just sliced it last night by the Christmas tree. Absolutely delicious. I must finally be an adult now......I like fruitcake‼️ Merry Christmas to all and may we have a much better 2021.

I love how Stephanie is becoming more laid back these days, make her videos even better to watch!

I always enjoy your recipes. Much better now that you express yourself more than before.

I love all your baking recipes, I've tried several and have been a success.This Fruit Cake will be my winner cake these holidays. Thank you for sharing.

Wow! This recipe i have been looking out for ages. This cake brings back the sweet memories and flavour of what my home tutor used to bake around Christmas….unfortunately i have lost touch with her, and was kind of missing this cake for donkey years (almost 30 years now). I started baking from sometime back only n was desperately looking for the closest n the authentic rum cake recipe! Thanks a zillion Stephanie….loads of love n joy…Vishal (India). Will bake this soon n will share the pic with you as well. God bless you!

Just popped my fruitcake in the oven! I love how simple your recipe is. However, my batter was slightly more wet because I soaked my dried fruits in hot water beforehand (and drained them as much as I could), so I am hoping it turns out okay. I'm going to try to bake it for a little longer. I also had to split my batter into two cake tins because there was just SO MUCH. Glad I can make 2 whole cakes out of this though!

Thank You for your Lessons. They help me very much. I learn a lot. My Dad loves Fruit Cakes. My Dad likes to eat Fruit Cakes during the Fall and Winter and during the Holidays.

That's just the way my family has always made fruitcake or 'Christmas cake'. And yes, it's absolutely delicious.

Hi Stephanie this is what a fruit is all about, thanks for sharing your great receipe, l must try.

You are such a lovely woman. Thank you for this fruitcake video; it's one of the best I've seen. I wish you were my mom!

Enjoyed your demonstration very much. You are such a tidy cook it;s a pleasure to watch. I add some black treacle which gives, it a slightly bitter taste. I like the idea of mixing the dried fruit with flour, then mixing it with the creamed mixture with my hands. You get a really good mix doing that, and the fruit is so evenly spread. Thank you for your video.

that cake looked delicious and you are so adorable. Love how excited you get over fuitcake! No Fruit cake for me but I will bake Stollen this week like every year....lots and lots of fruit, marzipan, nuts and butter! thank you for sharing with us and greetings from germany. take care.

Thank you so much for this perfect recipe! I made this for last christmas using whiskey instead of bigarreaux (candied cherries) I added amarena cherries. Thanks again and greetings from the Netherlands!

Wonderful! Christmas is coming! Thanks for this recipe. Happy Holidays!

Just made it today ...the smell is fantastic even without vanilla ...gonna feed it with brandy and hope that the inside will be just as nice as it looks...tq

I love, love this cake!! I baked it for last Christmas and I'm ready to bake it one more time. 😍😋😋 Thank you!!

Thank you for the metric conversions, it makes things a lot easier.

Stephanie wish u Happy Christmas. Your site was my best discovery.Thank you for making baking so easy. My 9yr old son loves watching your videos n then we get baking together 😀

hi there...tried this awesome receipe today turned out vola.....the flavours of the fruit n rum simply blend amazingly well... thanks for making my baking attempt a success 👍

I use Bourbon when I make fruitcake and it works great. I also soak my fruit in the alcohol at least overnight.

I am going to make this Fruit Cake now; August 12, 2021. My Brother Isaac Fonteno 66th Birthday! He will be surprised. Hopefully he will enjoy your recipe, I came across on U-tube just watching you fix this delightful, mouth watering Fruit Cake. This will be my first. Keep on baking:. The Joy of: BAKING

I am soaking my fruit for a week in rum as we speak. We always do the marzipan and royal icing cover thing.

i love your baking, you explain everything so well, i live in California, and my sister lives in England, we both watch your videos. thank you so much

I cut theses receipts down to enough for a bread loaf pan!

Thank you for your recipe..I tried my very first Christmas cake with rum soaked fruit and nuts with your recipe and it turned out awesome. I loved your American sponge cake recipe too and it's the best ever.. Merry Christmas 🎅🎄❤

This cake in UK is called Dundee Cake , lovely eaten with a wedge of cheese .

Hi I just love the way you go through all the steps one by one to make this cake. I am certainly going to make it for my family. Thank you so much for sharing.

Can you see her little dog who just pops his head up in the lower left corner as she eats the slice ?

I've made this cake four times now, family and friends love it. My mum is from the Caribbean Islands and she used to put all the fruits in a huge glass sweet jar putting rum in one, sherry in another etc. I now do the same thing and always have a jar on hand when I need one for a special occasion. This is now my go to video for fruit cake. Your love of what you do is plain to see. Thanks for sharing.👍

joy! joy!I love at food cake

You look so lovely and happy... We should call it the merry cake.. or the happy cake.. definitely trying this.. Thank you Stephanie. .

how do you stay slim baking all these lovely treats?

I really can’t wait to bake this delicious cake. Thank You So Much for This recipe and tutorial. Peace and Blessings Upon You And Family Always ❤️

I like to marinate the fruit in the alcohol overnight before making the cake.

I just made this, will be bathing it in liquor the next 10 days in prep for Christmas. I am very optimistic , as I tasted everything as it went into to the cake. I used roasted almonds for my "ground almond" part, wow what a flavor source, used a blend of whiskey, brandy, and orange liquor for the first bath. Growing up in the 80s, fruitcake was offensive to me because they always smelled and tasted like rubbing alcohol. But now, I cannot wait to taste and share this. Thank you so much for your videos.

Thank you very much. Can I leave out alcohol and what is the substitute if possible. I like your hair_do it looks great on you by the way .

My wife made this cake for Christmas this year. We loved it - turned out perfect. My wife loved it so much she is going to make a chocolate version this weekend for her birthday in April. She has even brought chocolate port to use in the cake

Hi. I love all your recipe. But is there an alternate to alcohol. Please. Can u please help m. I want to do this cake look too yummy

Hi Stephanie, I had tried many recipes but finally got a very good result with yours.. :) keep up the good work

I've just finished exercising for an hour, and seeing that cake just.... shdsajkdkshfa broke me.

Hi Stephanie! I like to watch your videos and I find the recipes balanced and easy to follow, as well as delicious! You do a great job of explaining clearly. You are a lovely lady with a great way of coming through and a very likeable and pleasant presence. Keep up the good work!

you are amazing :) your recipes inspired me to want to learn to cook^-^

Thanks for all your wonderful recipes,lm from Singapore n love your recipes! Thanks again!

Hi Stephanie! I've been making this friutcake for 4 years now, it always turns out wonderful! Now I want to soak my dried fruit in brandy before making the cake. Is it ok to do so for this recipe?

Yesterday l baked and used dark rum. Will be ready on 24. December. Thank you for sharing.