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Three small pieces of English fruit cake visible in the slice, thin square top in white marzipan bearing three broad streaks of icing, without packaging or figurine.
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Mini Christmas Fruitcakes with Marzipan Tiles

A recipe by CakeChristmas / Updated on 30 October 2026.

The fruit-rich cake becomes twelve small cake squares; a thin plate of white almond adheres to each one thanks to the jam, with three large white streaks of icing.

12 square cakes of 6 cm, moulds of 200 ml minimum / Butter paste garnished with macerated fruits then slow cooking

12Indicative portions
45 minPreparation
45 minBaking
16 h 30Rest & Cooling
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The fruit-rich cake becomes twelve small cake squares; a thin plate of white almond adheres to each one thanks to the jam, with three large white streaks of icing.

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Preparation

  1. Macerate the fruit in the juice for 2 hours. Line twelve square imprints of 6 cm and 200 ml minimum; heat oven 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. Stir in the fruit and its juice and distribute into the imprints up to two-thirds, weighing equal parts. Reserve a possible surplus in a ramequin to cook next to. Cook 35 to 45 minutes; check for raw dough in the center. Cool completely in the molds.
  4. Unmold, pack and let stand overnight in the cool. Spread the marzipan over 2 mm and cut twelve 6 cm squares, or about 110 to 130 g used; keep the offcuts for another use.
  5. Brush the top of the cakes with the 20 g of gently warmed jam, place the almond plates. Mix icing sugar and lemon and trace three large low streaks per square with 4 to 5 g of icing. Dry 30 minutes before storing.

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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