Soft Icing For Fruitcake

And we re back with day 11 of the 12 days of christmas cookies.

Soft icing for fruitcake.

Fruitcake cookies are chewy sugar cookies stuffed full of candied fruits raisins and toasted pecans for a unique twist on the classic christmas fruitcake. This easy fruit cake recipe is just like what you grew up eating. Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid. I take a speedy approach.

It s so simple to make and you ll feel like a kid again visiting grandma when you bite into it. And here s how the making part goes down. Make the royal icing recipe and then spread it over the marzipan covered cake with a flat palette knife in either a smooth layer or swirled to make little peaks all over the surface of the cake. Put the egg whites and icing sugar into the bowl and whisk for 5 7 mins until you have a thick very glossy frosting.

Beat the butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy. Royal icing can also be used to simply pipe decorative elements on the cake such as swirls swags and snowflakes. Apply the royal icing. The key step that makes this so much faster to make than other fruit cakes is the fruit soaking step most recipes call for dried fruit to be soaked overnight.

Topped with a brandy cream cheese frosting these little cookies are irresistible. How to make christmas cake. Use a spatula to clean around the edges of the bowl every so often as you whisk. It s filled with nuts spices and is topped with a flavorful cream cheese icing that s a show stopper.

Beat in the eggs one by one then fold in the flour and almonds dried fruit and brandy.