Holiday Fruit cake

Oops forgot to take pictures of my super tasty fruit cake! Will make this again this week and put up some nice pictures!

Its been crazy these last 2 months.. First the neighbors water leak.. then a month later the reconstruction to fix the damage.. then a week later hubby's ACL surgery and then a month of hubby seva(care). Finally hubby started behaving normally 3 weeks back and i decided to get a foster dog:). So last week of november went in foster duties. He got adopted last Saturday, so now I am relatively free and I should start up the baking and blogging again! I have been cooking and baking stuff as well, but its the usual tried and tested stuff.

I tried this Holiday Fruit cake and it turned out really yummy, so heres the recipe!

Ingredients:

• 1 packet yellow cake mix
• 1 Tablespoon orange zest
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 3/4 cup brandy or rum
• 1/2 cup amaretto
• 2 cups candied fruits, dried cranberries and raisins

Directions:

• In a small bowl, soak the candied fruits(Safeway Fruit and Peel), cranberries and raisins in 1/2 cup amaretto and 1/2 cup brandy for 2-4 hours
• In a large bowl, mix in the yellow cake mix, eggs, orange zest, oil, water and the remaining brandy or rum. Mix until just about combined.
• Add in the soaked candied fruits and mix lightly.
• Pour the mixture in a greased cake pan.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean from the middle of the cake.
• Serve with whiskey on the rocks!