This Easy Fruit Cake Recipe is just like what you grew up eating! It's filled with nuts, spices, and is topped with a flavorful cream cheese icing that's a show stopper.
Ingredients
1 1/2cupsall-purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking powder
1teaspoonsalt
1Tablespooncinnamon
1/2teaspoonground cloves, to taste
1/2teaspoonnutmeg, to taste
1/2teaspoonginger, to taste
1/3cupbutter, room temperature
1cupbrown sugar
1/3cupwarm water
1/2cupmilk
1teaspoonvanilla
2eggs
1cupcandied peel, to taste
1/2cupchopped pecans or walnuts, to taste
For the frosting:
1/2pkgcream cheese, 4oz
1 1/2 to 2cupspowdered icing sugar
1-2Tablespoonstable cream, as needed
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F
Grease and line a 9" x 4" loaf pan. Set aside.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and spices. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the butter and brown sugar and beat until light and fluffy, 2 minutes.
Add the warm water, milk, vanilla and eggs. Beat until thoroughly combined.
Add half of the flour mixture, mix until combined, and then the remaining half. Do not overmix.
Add in the candied peel and nuts, to taste.
Fold the mixture into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 40-50 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
For the frosting, combine the cream cheese and powdered icing sugar for 2 minutes until smooth and light. Adjust the consistency with more powdered sugar or cream.