Christmas Cake Recipe Delia Smith

05 29 edt 24 november 2010.

Christmas cake recipe delia smith. When it s completely cold wrap in double greaseproof paper and then foil and store in an airtight tin or polythene box. Delia smith christmas cake recipe. You should get the pre soaking ingredients ready the night before you make the cake. Cool the cake for 45 minutes in the tin then remove it to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Delia s creole christmas cake recipe. By delia smith for mailonline updated. There are more fruit cake recipes in our christmas cakes and toppings collection here. Put all the fruits in a bowl and mix them with the brandy cover with a cloth and leave them to soak for a minimum of 12 hours.

This is a very dark rich fruit cake. So now this is the recipe i always use. 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. But one thing s for sure you ll want to make it again and again so all those bottles will be awaiting you next year.

When you re ready to cook the cake pre heat the oven to 140 c conventional oven. Cool the cake for 30 minutes in the tin then remove it to a wire rack to finish cooling. Delia s recipe uses nutmeg cinnamon and cloves. Delia smith s christmas recipes.

My advice is to buy the right amounts fresh to make this cake unless you prefer the prospect of stephen s overwhelming clove and whiskey cake. If there were a delia s christmas cake poll this would now be a clear leader. Christmas cake a rich fruitcake usually covered with icing and marzipan and eaten at christmas. Christmas cake is a type of fruitcake served at christmas time in the uk ireland japan philippines and many commonwealth countries.

Bake the cake in the centre of the oven for 4 hours until it feels springy in the centre when lightly touched. Delia s classic christmas cake recipe. I do actually like the cake as much as i can like a fruit cake it s the marzipan and icing that i m not fond of. Originally from the caribbean it does involve quite a lot of booze and a week s pre soaking.

I made a couple of different cakes handed them to the christmas cake eaters and this was voted the favourite.