Christmas Cake Original Recipe

Preheat the oven to 300 f.

Christmas cake original recipe. However the american version of fruitcake often differs significantly from. 49 recipes magazine subscription 5 issues for 5 celebrate christmas with a rich moist fruitcake or perhaps a modern sponge based creation. Once filled smooth the surface with the back of a spoon and make a slight dip in the center this will rise back up again during cooking and create a smooth surface for icing the cake. You re currently on page 1.

Grease a 20cm 8inch round or an 18cm 7inch square cake tin and line the bottom and sides with baking parchment. I remember very well my mother storing her fruit cake in an old butter churn that belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother. 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. We ve got all the recipes you need and tips for decorating too.

A cake with lots of candied dried fruits in them a spicy sweet flavor profile and the presence of an alcohol such as rum. Christmas cake recipes from all your favourite bbc chefs mary berry delia smith frances quinn the hairy bikers and many more. This cake is a rich dark moist fruit cake very flavorful at christmas. Bake in the center of the oven for 4 1 2 hours.

The recipes for these two traditional holiday baked goods can be very similar. Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared cake tin making sure there are no air pockets. If you re making and decorating a christmas cake for the first time. I m told that nana pre soaked her fruit for much longer than the recipe.

And then there s christmas pudding which confuses too christmas cake and fruitcake often refer to the same thing. For the cake place all the dried fruit including the cherries into a large mixing bowl pour over the brandy and stir in the orange zest. This recipe is started in october or november so as to let it mellow before the holidays. Delia s classic christmas cake recipe.

Cover with clingfilm and leave to soak for three days. 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. Homemade christmas cake should be made a month or two before christmas if possible and fed weekly by poking a few holes in it and sprinkling more alcohol over top but pre soaking the fruit means you can probably get away with making it a little closer to the time.