Web christmas fruit cakes to enjoy this festive season.

Christmas cake using 1kg mixed fruit. Plus tips on storage and feeding your christmas. There's something so festive about fruit, soaked or boiled and baked into a delectable cake. You'll need to start prepping this 3 ingredient christmas cake 1 day before baking.

1/2 cup (110g) apricot jam. 5 cup (1kg) mixed dried fruit. 1 1/2 cup (250g) chopped prunes.

1 tbsp ground mixed spice. 1/2 cup (125g) mixed peel. 500g (1lb) dried mixed fruit.

2 teaspoon finely grated orange rind (or 1 teaspoon orange essence) 4 eggs, lightly beaten. 6 1/4 cup (1kg) sultanas. 250g butter, softened to room temperature, plus extra to grease tin.

2 eggs, at room temperature, beaten. 2 1/2 cup (375g) currants. 1 apple, grated (peeled and core removed) 3 tbsp golden syrup.

The fruit is soaked in either apple juice or a combination of apple juice and brandy (for those who like boozy christmas cake). Sherry, brandy, rum or brewed tea, plus extra for feedingzest and juice 2 oranges, 2 lemons or 4 clementines; 150ml brandy, sherry, whisky or rum, plus extra for feeding.