Christmas Fruit Pudding

My husband's nanny is a superb cook. Hence, it is very difficult to cook or bake her anything to please her. Fortunately, there are 2 desserts that she would accept from me - they are the Ultimate Durian Cheesecake and Christmas Fruit Cake.

Ingredients (4 loaves of fruit cakes) 

- 1 kg of dried mixed fruits 

- 1/2 kg of chopped nuts (e.g. walnuts, almonds, macadamia)

- 1 litre of grape juice  

- 400g of butter 

- 6 eggs 

- 400g of flour 

- 300g of brown sugar 

- 2 teaspoon of cinnamon powder 

- 2 teaspoon of baking powder
- honey
- whisky/rum/sherry

Procedures: 

1) Soak dried mixed fruits in grape juice for 24 hours. 

2) In a mixing bowl, whisk soft butter until pale. 

3) Add eggs, brown sugar, cinnamon powder and baking powder to the butter. Continue to whisk it. 

4) Sieve flour into the mixture. Mix them well with a spatula. Add chopped nuts and mixed fruits and mix it well. 

5) Scope the cake batter into 4 baking loaf tins using ice-cream scopes. Make sure the cake mix is evenly distributed. 

6) Bake the cakes covered in the oven at 150 degree celsius for 1.5 hours and uncovered for 10 mins. Let it cool.

7) Drizzle 1 tablespoon of alcohol on the surface of the cake everyday for a week. Keep the cake covered with cling wrap in a cool area.
8) Before serving, brush a coat of honey on the cake. Decorate it with more fruits, nuts and Christmas cake decorations.