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Four squares of English cake bottom 10 cm, dense crumb rich in fruits visible on the sides. Two flat ribbons of crossed white-orange icing and small knot of white chocolate in the center, no packaging or real ribbon.
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Christmas Fruitcake Gift Boxes

A recipe by CakeChristmas / Updated on 30 October 2026.

The cake cooked in a square, divided into four small gifts; two ribbons with orange icing and a white knot remain flat.

4 cake squares of 10 cm, each for 3 people / Butter dough topped with macerated fruits then slow cooking

12Indicative portions
50 minPreparation
1 hour 30 minutesBaking
17 hRest & Cooling
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Preparation

  1. Macerar raisins and candied fruits in orange juice 2 hours. Line a square mold 20 cm and 6 cm high. Heat to 150 °C.
  2. Cream butter and brown sugar. Stir the eggs one by one and then flour, almond, baking powder, cinnamon and zest.
  3. Add the remaining fruit and juice, pour into the pan and smooth. Bake 75 to 90 minutes until skewer-free; cover with paper if necessary.
  4. Allow to cool completely in the pan. Unmould then pack and wait one night before cutting.
  5. Brush the top with gently warmed jam. Cut the cold cake into four 10 cm squares. Mix icing sugar and the 7 ml extra orange juice; draw two crossed ribbons 1 cm wide on each square. Spread 15 to 25 g of total icing, 1 to 2 mm thick maximum; keep the excess closed in the refrigerator and serve the next day on a slice.
  6. Melt the white chocolate and draw with the cornet a small flat knot of 3 cm at the crossing, with two solid loops and two short ends. Let it take 30 minutes. Each gift is cut into three portions.

Preserve and Serve

5 days in refrigerator, well packed; serve at room temperature.

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  • Preheat the oven according to the plug and prepare the mold before mixing the last ingredients.
  • Uses the dimensions and cooking mode indicated: a higher or wider mold changes the cooking of the center.
  • Follow the visual cues of step by step in addition to the duration. Respect the intended cooling before unmoulding or decorating.

Substitutions and variations

Blond or brown raisins can be used at the same weight; retains the soaking step when it is planned.

To vary a zest, choose another citrus fruit washed and intended for this use, keeping the same amount. Does not automatically replace juice, whose acidity can change the preparation.

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