Winter colours

Merry Christmas!

Warm, cosy, full of dreams and magic feelings.
This year is one of the calmest Christmas. I just let them come, without huge plans. And that's it! It's the way they have to be. Not to want too much from others and do everything you can.
I was preparing the food for Christmas Eve: twelve dishes is a challenge! Then backing some cakes, decorating Christmas Tree.

I want to wish everybody to feel Christmas magic in your hearts!

Christmas fruit pie
450g butter
400g brown sugar
9 eggs
1 tsp backing powder
1 orange juice
1 lemon juice
4 cups all purpose flour
900g raisins
900g dried black currants
200g dried date-palms
200g dried figs
220g almonds
250g candied cherries
zest of 1 lemon
zest of 1 orange

Preheat oven to 160C degrees.
Dice all dried fruits and almonds.
Room temperature butter cream with sugar till white. Incorporate eggs one after another, add orange and lemon juice, put flour with backing powder and mix well. Add all dried fruits and mix.
Lay two tins with parchment paper and fill with dough.
Bake the cakes for 2h or until firm to the touch. Allow to cool slightly before removing from the tins. Wrap in parchment paper, and foil. Keep in room temperature minimum 2 weeks, maximum - 2 month.

The taste is perfect.

Recipe from here

Warm touch

Handmade presents are the best. This one I did to my mother.