Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, christmas cake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Christmas Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Christmas Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook christmas cake using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Christmas Cake:
- Get 8 oz butter
- Prepare 8 oz dark soft brown sugar
- Get 4 eggs
- Get 8 oz plain flour, sifted
- Get 1 teaspoon allspice
- Get 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Take 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Make ready 2 tablespoons black treacle
- Take 1 tablespoon lemon or orange juice
- Take 8 oz seedless raisins
- Take 12 oz currants
- Prepare 8 oz sultanas
- Prepare 4 oz cut mixed peel
- Take 3 oz glace cherries, quartered, washed and dried
- Make ready grated rind of 1 lemon
- Get grated rind of 1 small orange
- Make ready 6-8 tablespoons brandy (divided)
This is less dense and more cake-like than many Christmas cake recipes. It has become a favourite of my friends and family at Christmas, and is delicious by itself, or covered with a layer of marzipan and icing. Whether you are looking to make a traditional Christmas Cake or are looking for something a bit new, Nigella has plenty of easy Christmas Cake recipes for you to try. For a Christmas centre-piece try Nigella's Spruced-Up Vanilla Cake or Yule Log.
Steps to make Christmas Cake:
- In a large bowl, combine the raisins, currants, sultanas, mixed peel, glace cherries and grated lemon and orange rind. Add 3-4 tablespoons brandy, stir well and leave to soak.
- Preheat the oven to 300 F.
- Grease and line an 8 inch round or 7 inch square deep cake tin with greased greaseproof paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until very light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, folding in a tablespoon of flour after each addition.
- Sift the remaining flour with spices and fold into the creamed mixture, using a large metal spoon. Then stir in the treacle and fruit juice.
- Add the brandy-soaked fruit mix to the cake mixture and stir until evenly blended, then turn into the prepared tin. Smooth the surface, make a small hollow in the center and tie a treble thickness of brown paper around the outside of the tin.
- Bake in the preheated cool oven for about 3.25-3.50 hours or until a warmed fine skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Leave the cake in the tin overnight to cool completely. Prick the surface all over with a fine skewer, then pour over the remaining 3-4 tablespoons brandy and allow to soak in. Remove the cake from the tin, wrap securely in foil and store in a cool dry place.
Whether you are looking to make a traditional Christmas Cake or are looking for something a bit new, Nigella has plenty of easy Christmas Cake recipes for you to try. For a Christmas centre-piece try Nigella's Spruced-Up Vanilla Cake or Yule Log. This is my original Christmas cake from the first book - a combination of my grandmother's, my mother's and a few tweaks from me. (There are more fruit cake recipes in our Christmas Cakes and Toppings collection here) Christmas cake and fruitcake often refer to the same thing: a cake with lots of candied dried fruits in them, a spicy-sweet flavor profile, and the presence of an alcohol such as rum. However, the American version of fruitcake often differs significantly from British Christmas cake, which is typically a moist, dense fruitcake draped in fondant and often decorated festively for the holiday. Our finest quality Christmas Cakes, Cupcakes and Cookies are perfect to share over the festive period, or send as special gift.
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