Christmas Cake Recipe Nigella Lawson

Nigella lawson shares her recipe for christmas cake made with dried fruit ground almonds delicious chopped pecans and a good splash of bourbon.

Christmas cake recipe nigella lawson. Put the cake on a cooling rack and take off the brown paper from around the outside of the tin. Either colour of brown muscovado sugar can be used in nigella s christmas cake recipe from how to be a domestic goddess as the colour is not specified but other cakes such as the easy action christmas cake and the traditional christmas cake from nigella christmas use dark brown muscovado sugar as the slightly more treacly notes of the. Unfortunately this recipe is not currently online. 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.

Place in the oven and bake for 1 2 hours by which time the top of the cake should be firm and dry and will have cracked a little. The cake can be made up to 6 weeks in advance and is a magical addition to any festive dinner table. A classic recipe for a fruity and slightly boozy christmas cake nigella lawson will be answering your christmas dessert questions live on our food blog on friday 9 december at 12pm.