Cinnamon Fruit (Christmas) Cake

Double the mixture makes 3 of the small round tins. Threw in some clove spice also.

Fruit was mixed with cointreau, also used to feed the cake.

The small tins used took around 1 hour 30 minutes to bake, though I forgot to note the exact timing it will be around this, and they came out just correct with no blackening.

Only matured for 3 weeks, and would perhaps have benefited for a longer period.  However it’s a good cake with a tender, non-stodgy crumb.  Very pronounced, plump raisins and I wonder if in the more cakey less sticky and fruit dense recipes they might be better served with more currants?  I flip between being uncertain about this and rather enjoying them.  Something to consider.  

I would happily use again, but I feel like there are superior recipes with a certain X factor…

From Short & Sweet, Dan Lepard