Christmas Cake Recipe With Brandy

First poke little holes in the cake with a knitting needle or a skewer.

Christmas cake recipe with brandy. Grease a 22cm round x 7cm deep cake pan. Line base and side with three layers of baking paper extending paper 5cm above pan edge. 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. With only just under six weeks to go until the big day that s christmas day now is the time to.

Soak the chopped apricots and dried fruit except the cherries in the brandy in a bowl overnight leave out in the kitchen and by the morning the fruit will have absorbed the brandy. Don t forget to feed the cake with brandy every week before christmas to ensure a rich and luxurious finish. Feed the cake every two days for the first 2 weeks with a spoonful of brandy and or orange juice and or glacè cherry syrup. Bake the cake on the lower shelf for 4 1 4 3 4 hours.