Christmas fruit cake with glaze

Normally we ice christmas fruit cake using marzipan and royal icing . But in this recipe we make a chocolate glaze to cover the cake .

for the cake .

This is a light christmas cake made with a less amount of raisins and a more amount of candied fruits .

3 eggs

150 gr. Sugar 

1 pinch . salt

0.5 tsp ground cloves and nutmegs

1 tsp ground cardamom and ginger

grated lemon peel

125 gr. flour

1 tsp  baking powder

100 gr. chopped walnuts

75 gr. light and dark raisins

100 gr. chopped candied orange peel

100 gr. Pineapple candied fruits.

for glaze:

2 tbsp cocoa powder

2 tbsp Sugar 

2-3 tbsp milk

30 gr butter

for decoration:

nuts

orange zest

1. Prepare all the ingredients, sort and rinse the raisins.

2. Stir eggs, sugar, spices, lemon zest, flour and baking powder.

3. You should get this kind of dough.

4. Cut into strips pineapple candied fruit, dried apricots, chop nuts.

5. Add everything to the dough along with candied orange and raisins.

6. Mix well.

7. Oil the baking dish and sprinkle with crushed nuts.

8. Put the dough in the mold. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 * 45-50min.

9. Take the cake out of the mold and allow to cool.

10. While the pie cools down to cook the icing: mix all the ingredients for the icing, except for the butter, constantly stirring, bring to a boil, remove from heat and add the drain. oil. Stir until oil dissolves. Cover the cake with hot glaze, sprinkle with nuts and orange zest on top. Allow to freeze in a refrigerator 

11. A delicious cake with a spicy aroma of Christmas is ready. Bon Appetit