Golden White Chocolate Mini Fruit Cakes

Need to make fruit cakes now? These little fruit cakes are easy to make and delicious to serve with tea or coffee -the perfect little dessert to finish off a wonderful meal.

I have used the Mastrad Silicone 9 Mini Muffin Pan however they would also look fabulous in any of Mastrad’s Mini Pan range.

Special Equipment, 1 x Mastrad Silicone 9 Mini Muffin Pan

Ingredients, (Makes: 27 mini fruit cakes)

100g dried apricots, diced
100g dried paw paw, diced
100g dried mango, diced
100g red glace cherries, quartered
80g sultanas
60ml brandy
125g cultured unsalted butter, cubed
1/2 cup(100g) brown sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 cup (80g) plain flour, sifted
1/4 cup (25g) self raising flour, sifted
1/4 cup (30g) almond meal
50ml mango nectar
100g white chocolate, diced
100g white chocolate, extra, melted, to decorate

ingredients fruit cake

Method

Place apricots, paw paw, mangoes, cherries, sultanas and brandy in a large mixing bowl and mix to combine. Cover with plastic wrap and microwave on HIGH (100%) for 1 minute (or set aside overnight).
Preheat oven to 160°C fan forced.
Beat butter until smooth and fluffy using an electric mixer.
Add sugar and continue to beat until mixture is fluffy and light.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add flours, almond meal and nectar and fold through until just combined.
Add macerated fruit and white chocolate and mix until well combined.
Fill Mastrad Silicone 9 Mini Muffin Pan until almost full and press down firmly. Tap pan on bench to compress mixture. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until cooked and golden.
Remove cakes from oven and tip pan upside down onto a cooling rack.
Carefully remove silicone pan and allow cakes to cool completely before decorating with white chocolate. Repeat with remaining mixture.

115 Comments

- - Mum7654321 said
  - 01 Nov 2020
    8:29 pm
yum – the combo of fruit looks good (and manageable!)

- - rnash02 said
  - 04 May 2020
    8:13 pm
This would be nice afternoon tea

- - nealsq said
  - 01 Jul 2018
    9:05 pm
so cute and colourful

- - mom19782016 said
  - 18 Jan 2018
    8:15 pm
Sounds like a nice afternoon tea time treat!

- - ella12 said
  - 08 Jan 2018
    12:38 pm
A lot of yummy nice fruit going into this.

- - mom101628 said
  - 06 Jan 2018
    3:14 pm
Lovely recipe – it looks like it would tempt the fussiest of eaters to try it.

- - tessie said
  - 04 Jan 2018
    3:38 am
These look and sound delicious but ingredients not available where I live.

- - mom93946 said
  - 03 Jan 2018
    6:52 pm
These look absolutely delicious, am just gonna have to make them for our “Ladies Cards afternoons” down at the CWA. All those goodies in them, and they look tremendous. Will definitely give these a go.

- - kjgarner said
  - 30 Nov 2017
    10:58 am
Love the variety of ingredients you have used. Love the colour and the texture and the presentation at the end. I love how they are individual cakes, easy to have as finger food for Christmas.

- - mom90758 said
  - 27 Nov 2017
    2:03 pm
All that dried fruit is so colourful. What a work. Surely worth the effort!!

- - mom62624 said
  - 01 Apr 2016
    9:31 pm
A beautiful recipe with so many mixed fruits; thanks and I can’t wait to make these at home!.
- kjgarner replied
  
  29 Apr 2016 , 10:47 pm
  These would be great in our daughters lunch box’s
- - curlytops said
  - 10 Feb 2016
    11:32 am
these look great – could you use flour instead of almond meal?

- - linaianna said
  - 28 Jan 2016
    9:00 pm
Thanks for sharing this recipe

- - meljware said
  - 18 Jan 2016
    8:27 pm
Yummy! Perfect sized and perfect flavour combination!

- - mom81879 said
  - 29 Nov 2015
    9:08 pm
I simply adore desserts. When we eat out, I gave my dessert picked before my entree, can’t help myself

- - mom112217 said
  - 18 Nov 2015
    4:17 pm
The mini fruit cakes look fab,great idea for Christmas and also as a take home gift!

- - dbhall82 said
  - 30 Sep 2015
    11:12 pm
Oohh yum! I would love to make these for Christmas!

- - youngoldlady said
  - 16 Sep 2015
    4:59 pm
Be great for Christmas, can serve up individuals serves.

- - deborah_osborne said
  - 28 Aug 2015
    10:03 pm
Nice recipe ,full of healthy fruit in a tasty Muffin .

- - crystalangela said
  - 09 Aug 2015
    4:54 pm
Oh absolute yuminess. Sounds great.