Quick Christmas Cake Recipe With Mincemeat

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Quick christmas cake recipe with mincemeat. Then place the cake on the centre shelf of the oven and bake it for about 2 hours or until the centre springs back when lightly touched. In an ideal world i would have got the recipe for christmas fruit cake from my grandmother who has been making and thus perfecting them for years. Grease a 20cm square cake tin and line with baking parchment. Whilst i normally like my christmas cake to mature and get a sound drenching in brandy.

Bake the cake on the centre shelf of the oven for 2 hours or until the centre springs back when lightly touched. Time for a small panic. Finally cover the top of the cake with a double square of silicone paper baking parchment with a hole the size of a 50p piece cut in the centre. But as i am running late on getting a fruit cake together and also low on time to devote to such pursuits i chose this quick fruit cake by mary berry.

While that s happening heat the apricot jam and brandy together and brush the nuts with this mixture to make them shiny and glossy. The other thing that is good about this recipe is that it doesn t actually require as long a bake unlike a traditional fruit cake. Sifted flour 1 1 2 c. Quick and easy mincemeat christmas cake.

Baking soda 1 tsp. Cool the cake in the tin for 30 minutes then remove it to a wire cooling tray to continue cooling. I make these mincemeat loaf cakes every christmas to give as gifts. Mary berry s mincemeat loaf cake is an perfect easy one bowl bake and it s a perfect recipe for using up that half empty jar of mincemeat.

Measure all ingredients into a large bowl and beat well for 1 minute until thoroughly mixed. Rum flavoring rind of 1 orange grated. Preheat the oven to 160 c gas 3. You can t go wrong with a mary berry recipe and this one is a real classic.

1 jar of mincemeat ideally homemade or if buying a luxury type approx 400g. Luckily i have a few jars of homemade mincemeat left and a quick rummage through the baking cupboard unveils half a bag of brandy soaked dried fruit and christmas spices.