Christmas Cake Recipe Quantities
For an 8 inch 20 cm round cake or a 7 in 18 cm square one.
Christmas cake recipe quantities. The fruit is soaked in either apple juice or a combination of apple juice and brandy for those who like boozy christmas cake. Heat the oven to 150c 130c fan gas2. We ve got all the recipes you need and tips for decorating too. Therefore if you want to make a 25 5cm 10in round cake for example look at the chart and you will see that you need 1 1 2 times the quantity of your usual recipe.
Theoretically a 12 5cm round tin should have 40 of the recipe quantities of a 23cm round cake. 49 recipes magazine subscription 5 issues for 5 celebrate christmas with a rich moist fruitcake or perhaps a modern sponge based creation. Buche de noel is the french name for a christmas cake shaped like a log. The chart assumes that your own basic recipe will be for a 20cm 8in round cake that is 7 5cm 3in deep as this at the time of writing is the most common size.
Tie a double band of brown paper around the outside of the tin for extra protection. As 12 5cm 5 inch tins are a slightly unusual size it can be difficult to find an exact recipe. Christmas cake ice cream christmas cake recipe if you don t fancy having a go at this simple ice cream then just stir some mincemeat or even crumbled christmas cake into slightly softened. 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.
Grease a 20cm 8inch round or an 18cm 7inch square cake tin and line the bottom and sides with baking parchment. The delia online bakeware range is now available online and you can buy our 20cm round loose based cake tin plus washable and reusable liner including wall liner direct. Bring to the boil then lower the heat and simmer for 5 mins. Nigella gives a table of quantities for her traditional christmas cake in christmas p172 for 18cm 7 inch 23cm 9 inch and 25 5cm 10 inch round tins.
For a 9 inch 23 cm round or 8 inch 20 cm square cake. For a 6 inch 15 cm round or 5 inch 13 cm square cake. You re currently on page 1. Sieve the flour salt mixed spice and cinnamon.
For an 11 inch 28 cm round or 10 inch 25 5 cm square cake. Use any dried fruit you want as long as it weighs 855g 30 oz in total. 8 oz 225 g.