Christmas Cake Recipe Jamie Oliver

No christmas is complete without a wonderful classic christmas cake.

Christmas cake recipe jamie oliver. Cream the butter and the. If you d like your cake to be particularly moist blitz half the soaked fruit in a food processor to make a paste and stir back into the rest of the fruit. In a large bowl cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. 900g dried fancy fruits like apricots dates figs prunes glacé cherries dried blueberries and candied peel chopped into 1cm pieces.

Laced with chunks of toffee and dates plus a crunchy nutty topping it s a real treat 3 hrs and 15 mins. And when it comes to decorating see our page on 10 ways to decorate a christmas cake. Sieve the flour salt mixed spice and cinnamon into a bowl. This collection of our best recipes includes the hugely popular rich fruit cake by mary berry get ready for stir up sunday.

Smooth the top with the back of a metal spoon and bake in the oven for 3 4 hours 9 allow to cool in the cake tin before lifting out and placing in a cake tin with a fitted lid. Add the brandied fruit and mix well before spooning the mixture into the prepared cake tin. Grease a 20cm 8inch round or an 18cm 7inch square cake tin and line the bottom and sides with baking parchment. Grate in the zest of your lemon and beat in the eggs one at a time.

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