Best Newfoundland Christmas Cake Recipes. A collection of 16 recipes for traditional Christmas Cakes from my childhood, plus new twists on tried & true favourites.
Best Newfoundland Christmas Cakes.
Updated 2023.
I come from a long tradition of great bakers in my family and have sampled literally hundreds of different cherry cakes, apricot cakes, pineapple fruitcake, peach fruitcake, dark fruitcake and more over the years.
I have a big collection of Christmas cake recipes but there are some that I return to year after year and some that I like to play with as a base to create another great version of a classic Christmas fruitcake.
Even if you are not a fan of traditional fruitcake, you are bound to find one like the Apricot Raisin Cake that will be sure to satisfy your own taste and appeal to your visiting guests this Christmas Season.
By the way, if you are looking for recipes for traditional Newfoundland cookies, cookie bars and squares, please be sure to Cookies Pages where you’ll find links to over 200 recipes. Many of them are traditional favourites and most are very freezer friendly.
Need last minute cake suggestions?
In the final week before Christmas, people tend to get a bit panic-y if the have fallen behind but still would like at least one traditional Christmas cake. Not all Christmas cakes have to be soaked in booze and aged. My top picks from the list below for baking, even in the final day or so before the Holidays are:
- Any of the cherry Cakes in the list below, Cherry Pound cake, Cherry Orange Cake or Cherry Pecan Cake.
- Apricot Raisin Cake even Apricot Fruitcake
- Poor Man’s Cake
- Fruitcake Loaf Cake
- Peach Fruitcake
2020 Update:
This year we have added yet another cake to this delectable recipe collection. This Peach Fruitcake is an old favourite from decades ago which uses mashed canned peaches to give plenty of moisture to the batter and ultimately, the fruitcake itself.
It is also another easy suggestion for a fruitcake which you can bake right before the Holidays because this one does not need to age at all, like a darker fruitcake would.
Peach Fruitcake.
2019 UPDATE: A new, smaller and more budget friendly fruitcake recipe has been added at the end of this list.
Ultimate Nut Fruitcake plus how to make homemade marzipan and fondant to finish it.
Ultimate Nut Fruitcake
Newfoundland Cherry Cake
Old English Fruitcake
Orange Brandy Fruitcake
Bourbon Apple Fruitcake
Cherry Orange Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Cherries & Orange
Apricot Raisin Cake
Cherry Pecan Cake
War Cake a.k.a. Poor Man’s Cake
Hazelnut Coconut Fruitcake fresh from the oven.
Brandied Pineapple Cream Cheese Fruitcake
Pineapple Fruitcake
UPDATE! Two new additions for 2017!
Rum Raisin Fruitcake
Apricot & Brandy Fruitcake
2019 UPDATE. A new smaller fruitcake that’s quick, easy and budget friendly. Find our new Fruitcake Loaf Cake here.
Fruitcake Loaf Cake
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Sharlene Mikulasik
Saturday 13th of November 2021
Are these fruit cake recipes in one of your cookbooks? I just purchased the “Cookies” book.
Lynn Parsons
Thursday 18th of November 2021
Some are new but many are in the Christmas book
shirley
Tuesday 13th of July 2021
they all look delish
Elizabeth Pope
Monday 17th of December 2018
I can’t seem to get the apricot raisin cake,I touching the pic but nothings happening,I never had this issue before
Barry C. Parsons
Thursday 20th of December 2018
That link is fixed but for future reference the recipe titles are also links. Anything in red font is a link.
Patricia
Monday 12th of November 2018
Would appreciate knowing what else fruit can be soaked in other than alcohol. Thank you. I do not have brandy, rum or any such things our home but we love fruitcake and I want to make one.
Barry C. Parsons
Thursday 20th of December 2018
apple or grape juice.
Nonie
Sunday 4th of November 2018
Do you know of a cake recipe that is made with salt pork? It was dark in color. My grandmother was from Newfoundland and we had it often. Thanks.
Barry C. Parsons
Tuesday 20th of November 2018
Sorry, never had that.