Recipe ideas for Minature Fruit Cake needed

[Nutsy]

Hi all

I need to find a recipe for a fairly easy minature fruit cake for my DS 15 to use.

He is doing a Home Economics assignment at school & has to prepare a Christmas Gift Basket & in that must be a minature decorated Christmas/Fruit cake.

My problem is that I cannot find any recipes for minature size ones, only the family size.

Can anyone help us out here with either a recipe or a suggestion

 

[Meriweather]

Hi Nutsy....can't you just cut the recipe down?
Or don't you have one?

 

[Nutsy]

Hi ya Meriweather

Yeah I have found stacks of recipes, but the problem lies in the fact that all this has to be done at school & he needs to know exaclty how long to cook the thing for. I can cut a recipe down, but it won't give him the info he needs

 

[piratesmate]

This one is easy, for a mini size & quite good. The only thing is that at times you really do have to cut it out of the disposable pan! It does not call for decorations - although I don't know why you couldn't do something fancy on top.

Sony’s Mommy’s Fruitcake
1½ lb chopped dates
1½ lb pecan halves
½ lb candied cherries
½ lb candied pineapple
½ lb coconut or
½ lb almonds, sliced
2 cans Eagle Brand milk
Mix all ingredients well. Use disposable 8½x4x2½ pans. Grease & flour pans. Bake at 225 for 2 hours. Do not overbake. Cool in pans on rack. Turn pans upside-down on rack for several minutes, then thump bottom of pans to remove. Cut if necessary to remove. Consume immediately, or wrap in cloth soaked in apple cider or cherry brandy, then foil.

I also have this recipe, which I prefer. It calls for mini muffin pans instead of loaf pans. I know that's not why you're looking for, but maybe he could come up with some kind of idea to arrange a bunch of the mini muffins into a decoration? The fruitcake is actually much better than the other one; we like that one a lot - it's just that this one is outstanding...soft, moist, mmmm! It is more complicated though.

Fruitcake Bon-bons
Yield: 70 minis
6 oz orange juice concentrate
½ c dark molasses
15 oz raisins (3 cups)
2 c candied fruit (reserve ½ cup for garnish)
1 c chopped dates
½ c butter
2/3 c sugar
3 eggs
1¼ c flour
1/8 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp allspice
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
1 c chopped walnuts

Combine orange juice, molasses & raisins. Cook on medium heat, stirring often to prevent sticking, until it boils. Simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in candied fruit (less ½ cup for garnish) & dates. Set aside.

Cream butter & sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Sift dry ingredients & stir into creamed sugar mixture. Add the orange juice mix and nuts. Mix well.

Line mini muffin tins with paper. Put ~1 Tbl batter in each (~¾ full). Top with reserved fruit. Bake at 350 for 20 - 25 minutes on the middle shelf. Remove when brown on top.

(NOTE: Do not use low shelf!!)

 

[Meriweather]

Okay, here is one I found. If you don't use it, the time on it might help.

Holiday Mini Orange-Brandy Fruit Cakes Recipe

1/3 cup margarine
1 1/3 cups packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons brandy
1 cup finely chopped candied fruit
1/2 cup finely chopped dates
1/4 cup finely chopped dried apricots

Glaze:
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup orange juice
3 tablespoons brandy

Generously spray 12 large muffin tins with nonstick cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine softened margarine, brown sugar and vanilla in a large bowl and mix well. Add egg substitute and beat well.

In a separate container combine flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture, alternating with the orange juice and brandy. Stir in finely chopped fruits. Fill each muffin tin almost to the top.

Place a large baking dish filled with hot water on the bottom rack of the oven, and place the muffin pan in the middle rack. Bake for about 25 minutes. Remove cakes from oven and cool in muffin pan for 10 minutes.

For glaze:
Combine sugar and orange juice in a small saucepan and heat over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Do not boil. Stir in the brandy. Pierce the top of each cake with a fork and spoon the glaze over the cakes.

Makes 12 Servings
Serving Size: 1 cake

 

[yummy72]

You might try searching www.allrecipes.com for a recipe because you can tell it the number of servings you need, and it will automatically calculate the new recipe for you.

HTH,
Candi

 

[Nutsy]

Thanks to all of you for your help..........you've been great!