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Vanilla Fruit Butter Cake for Christmas

Here is another version of English Butter Cake, the Vanilla Fruit Butter Cake. Its soft and moist texture abundant with fruits inside will make you fall in love with each slice! Another perfect dessert for Christmas celebration!

vanilla fruit cake on a cooling rack with christmas decorations.

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The perfect cake for Christmas holiday season delight is Fruit Butter Cake. This recipe is non-alcohol version. Soak the fruits with Brandy or Rhum to make it as authentic as possible.

Vanilla fruit butter cake is always prepared for Christmas, so since the holiday is coming up. Other than that, you can always have butter cake for this yearly celebrations, such as Almond Butter Cake, Coconut Butter Cake, or Lemon Butter Cake.

Why You Will Love This Recipe


  • Light vanilla and butter flavor – Chocolate bar marzipan jujubes jelly-o carrot cake caramels. Tootsie roll cookie jujubes powder icing lemon drops. Pastry brownie topping oat cake chocolate cake jelly candy gingerbread tart.
  • Easy to prepare – This cake is so easy to make, just follow the step by step instructions carefully.
  • It is less sweet – I have adjusted the cake to be less sweet because there are some sweetened fruits inside.
  • It’s a beautiful cake for Christmas – The colorful cake is just very pretty for Christmas gathering.

Recipe Ingredients

Ingredient Notes

Egg yolks and egg – I set this recipe to have more egg yolks than egg white. It makes the texture of the cake fluffy and soft.

Dried fruits – I prepare dried cranberries, raisin, sun-dried papaya, cherries, and nuts for the fillings. Be creative and put in your favorite dried fruits in. Cover them with a little bit of flour to make it float in the batter.

Sugar – For vanilla fruit cake, I use regular white sugar. If you want to use palm sugar or brown sugar, you can check the Classic English Fruit Cake recipe.

How to Make

  1. Prepare the baking pan. Grease and line with parchment paper at the bottom and the sides.
  2. Beat butter, sugar, and salt with low speed, gradually increasing to high speed. Mix until the sugar is dissolved and the butter pale, light, and fluffy. (image 1, 2, 3, 4)
  3. Add eggs one at a time while mixing with low speed (image 5).
  4. Mix until incorporated (image 6, 7).
photo collage of mixing the butter, sugar, and eggs.
  1. Sieve in the flour, milk powder, and vanilla extract (image 8).
  2. Use a spatula to mix it first and then use the mixer with low speed (image 9, 10, 11). Mix until well blended.
  3. Put the dried fruits in a bowl. Sprinkle some flour on the dried fruits. Mix well until all the fruits are well-coated (image 12).
photo collage of mixing the flour and fruits into the batter.
  1. Put in the dried fruits and nuts (image 13, 14). Mix using a spatula.
  2. Pour the batter into the baking pan (image 15).
  3. Decorate the top with dried fruits and nuts.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven for 50-55 minutes until the top is golden brown and when a skewer is inserted, it comes out clean.
photo collage of preparing to bake the cake.
  1. Take out the pan and take out the cake gently on to the cooling rack (image 18). While still warm, brush some honey on top of the cake to make it shiny (image 19).
  2. Slice the cake and enjoy (image 20)!
photo collage of cooling and brushing the cake with honey.

Pro Tips


  • Coating the fruits with flour will make the fruits float in the batter, so they don’t sink at the bottom of the cake.
  • Soak the fruits with rhum or brandy overnight for more authentic flavor.
  • Cover with cling wrap overnight, so the cake will be even more moist the next day.

Yes, if you prefer to have a less sweet version of the cake, you may do so. Brushing honey on the surface of the cake is meant to give some shiny coat. You may skip this step as the cake is already sweet enough.

Storage and Serving

Keep this cake in a closed container. Before that, you might want to wrap it with cling wrap to preserve the moistness.

Serve this cake warm or in room temperature with a glass of eggnog, a dollop of vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or strawberry jam.

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Thank you! – Claudia

vanilla fruit cake on a cooling rack with christmas decorations.

Vanilla Fruit Butter Cake

Discover the traditional fruit cake in vanilla flavor! Attractive look and buttery flavor for Christmas dessert.
5 from 1 vote
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Course: Cake, Dessert
Cuisine: International
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 330kcal
Author: Claudia

Equipment

  • 1 baking pan 22 cm

Ingredients

  • 150 gr unsalted butter
  • 90 gr granulated sugar
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 egg
  • 100 gr flour
  • 25 gr milk powder
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract

Fruits

  • 30 gr dried cranberry
  • 30 gr raisin
  • 30 gr sun-dried papaya
  • 40 gr cherries
  • 30 gr nuts
  • 25 gr flour

Instructions

  • Prepare the baking pan. Grease and line with parchment paper at the bottom and the sides.
  • Beat butter, sugar, and salt with low speed, gradually increasing to high speed. Mix until the sugar is dissolved and the butter pale, light, and fluffy.
  • Add eggs one at a time while mixing with low speed.
  • Mix until incorporated.
  • Sieve in the flour, milk powder, and vanilla extract.
  • Use a spatula to mix it first and then use the mixer with low speed. Mix until well blended.
  • Put the dried fruits in a bowl. Sprinkle some flour on the dried fruits. Mix well until all the fruits are well-coated.
  • Put in the dried fruits and nuts. Mix using a spatula.
  • Pour the batter into the baking pan.
  • Decorate the top with dried fruits and nuts.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 50-55 minutes until the top is golden brown and when a skewer is inserted, it comes out clean.
  • Take out the pan and take out the cake gently on to the cooling rack. While still warm, brush some honey on top of the cake to make it shiny.
  • Slice the cake and enjoy!

Video

Notes

  • Coating the fruits with flour will make the fruits float in the batter, so they don’t sink at the bottom of the cake.
  • Soak the fruits with rhum or brandy overnight for more authentic flavor.
  • Cover with cling wrap overnight, so the cake will be even more moist the next day.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 330kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 137mg | Sodium: 172mg | Potassium: 193mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 629IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 1mg
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