AS-YOU-LIKE-IT CHRISTMAS CAKE
Use your choice of dried fruit, nuts, citrus zest and booze (or even tea) and get your cake made up to six months in advance
Provided by Sarah Cook
Categories Treat
Time 5h20m
Yield Cuts into 10-12 slices
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Put your chosen dried fruit mixture into a large bowl with your choice of alcohol or tea, citrus zest and juice. Mix well, cover and leave overnight.
- Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter and double-line a deep cake tin - 20cm round or 18cm square - with enough baking parchment to come about 2.5cm above the top of the tin. Wrap the outside of the tin with a few sheets of newspaper, securing with staples or string.
- Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla until creamy, then beat in the eggs one by one. Tip in the flour, mixed spice, soaked dried fruit and any liquid from the bowl, plus your chosen nuts, if using. Stir everything together, then scrape into the cake tin. Using the back of your spoon, make a slight dent in the centre of the mixture, then bake for 1½ hrs.
- Reduce oven to 140C/120C fan/gas 1, loosely cover the top of the cake with a double sheet of foil or baking parchment, and bake for another 2 ½ - 3 hrs or until a skewer poked right to the bottom comes out clean. Cool in the tin, then lift out and wrap in greaseproof paper or baking parchment. Keep in a cake tin with a tight-fitting lid, or wrapped in a large sheet of foil, in a cool, dark place for up to 6 months. Open the cake every week or two to feed by poking with a skewer in several places and dribbling over a little more of your chosen alcohol or tea.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 681 calories, Fat 24 grams fat, SaturatedFat 14 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 112 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 97 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 8 grams protein, Sodium 0.26 milligram of sodium
MOIST CHRISTMAS CAKE (NO ADDED SUGAR OR FAT)
This recipe is really moist with a great flavour. Because of the natural sugars in fruit it is naturally sweetened. I have used this cake for all special occasions and everyone just loves it. Especially when they find out there is no added sugar or fat!
Provided by Keencook
Categories Dessert
Time 2h
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Line base and sides of 20cm squared cake tin with paper.
- Place mixed fruit, apricots, undrained pineapple, orange juice and spice in a saucepan.
- Bring slowly to boil, simmer uncovered 2-3 minutes, remove from heat.
- Cover and allow to cool.
- Stir egg yolks (optional) and soda into fruit mixture.
- Whip egg whites stiffly in large bowl.
- Fold in fruit mixture, then fold in flour, making a firm mixture.
- Spread into cake tin, bake in moderate oven (160c) for 1 1/2 hours.
- Cover the hot cake with foil and allow to cool in the pan.
- On special occasions, you may decorate the top with glace cherries and a few almonds.
- Take care- all nuts have a high fat content.
- The pineapple can be replaced by 3/4 cup water and 1 cup mashed pumpkin.
- or 3/4 cup water and 1 cup pureed pie apricots Add the pumpkin or apricots after the fruit mixture has cooled.
- The water is added to the dried fruit so it can be boiled.
MAKE & MATURE CHRISTMAS CAKE
Bake this festive fruit cake in advance of Christmas and feed it regularly with rum, brandy or whisky to build the flavour and keep it moist
Provided by James Martin
Categories Dessert
Time 2h35m
Yield Cuts into 12-15 slices
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Put 1kg mixed dried fruit, the zest and juice of 1 orange and 1 lemon, 150ml brandy or other alcohol, 250g softened butter and 200g light, soft brown sugar in a large pan set over a medium heat.
- Bring to the boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 5 mins. Tip the fruit mixture into a large bowl and leave to cool for 30 mins.
- Heat oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 2. Line a deep 20cm cake tin with a double layer of baking parchment, then wrap a double layer of newspaper around the outside - tie with string to secure.
- Add 175g plain flour, 100g ground almonds, ½ tsp baking powder, 2 tsp mixed spice, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, ¼ tsp ground cloves, 100g flaked almonds, 4 large eggs and 1 tsp vanilla extract to the fruit mixture and stir well, making sure there are no pockets of flour.
- Tip into your prepared tin, level the top with a spatula and bake in the centre of the oven for 2 hrs.
- Remove the cake from the oven, poke holes in it with a skewer and spoon over 2 tbsp of your chosen alcohol. Leave the cake to cool completely in the tin.
- To store, peel off the baking parchment, then wrap well in cling film. Feed the cake with 1-2 tbsp alcohol every fortnight, until you ice it.
- Don't feed the cake for the final week to give the surface a chance to dry before icing.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 678 calories, Fat 29 grams fat, SaturatedFat 12 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 88 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 79 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 9 grams protein, Sodium 0.6 milligram of sodium
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