Taste.com.au’s four-ingredient Christmas fruit cake

Christmas fruit cakes need not be a chore - they can be made with just four ingredients and do not require specialised backing knowledge. Check out Taste.com.au’s ultra easy fruit cake recipe here.

Scarlett Keddie

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December 10, 2023 - 11:29AM

It’s not Christmas without fruit cake.

Sure, when you were younger dried fruit maybe didn’t cut it quite as much as, say, choccy, but as you get older, the Chrissy nostalgia kicks in, and suddenly – wham – you’re a fruit cake lover. Especially when it’s paired with a generous coating of warm custard, or some creamy vanilla ice-cream nudging its side.

Want to know the recipe that converted a non-fruit caker?

The cake is made from dried fruit, condensed milk, Baileys and self-raising flour.

The 4-ingredient Baileys condensed milk fruit cake

As the label reads, this is one super-simple, super-creamy fellow. With just four ingredients – mixed dried fruit, a tin of condensed milk, some Baileys (if you don’t enjoy it all first) and finally some self-raising flour – it’s both incredible easy to prepare (read: not overwhelming to beginners) and it’s also absolutely decadent on the palette.

How do you make this Christmas fruit cake for beginners?

In a large bowl mix your dried fruit, Baileys and condensed milk and refrigerate overnight. The next day, after the mixture has reached room temp, fold through the flour and then pour the mixture into the cake tin. Allow it to bake and voila.

Why is this fruit cake recipe so easy?

The thing is, Christmas fruit cakes traditionally had about a gazill ingredients. From brandy to butter, cloves to orange zest, the requirements can feel like jumping through a festive hoop. In walks this 4-ingredient recipe, and we’ve never looked back the other way. It’s so simple, in fact, you could make it a fun activity with the kids (keeping that Baileys at bay).