Take all dried fruits and nuts in a bowl.

Pour over wine or rum and mix well.

Store this in a air tight container or glass jar in a dark place for a year. The fruits should be completely covered in alcohol if you are soaking it for longer time.

Give the bottle a shake every now and then. Top with more liquor as days pass, since the fruits will absorb the liquor a lot.

You can use the fruits from second day itself.

Notes:

1)You can soak the dry fruits over a year. Make sure you use a clean dry glass jar and make sure the dry fruits is completely immersed in alcohol.

2)You can top with more alcohol as days pass by, since the fruits will absorb the alcohol.

3)You can start using this in cakes from the second day itself. But leaving it to soak for a week give maximum flavour.

4)You can use Dark Rum, Brandy, Red Wine or any wine to soak the fruits.

5)Store this in a dry dark place.

6)Shake the fruits every other day for even distribution.

7)If you dont want to use alcohol, use orange juice to soak the fruits, in which case store the dried fruits in fridge and use in a couple of days.