I like to make my Christmas at least six weeks before Christmas. often earlier. This year I made it last week and it’s already had it’s first ‘feed’ and now I will share my Christmas cake recipe. It’s now wrapped up in greaseproof paper in a cake tin at the back of a cupboard. Each week I will unwrap it lovingly and pour over a tablespoon of brandy to keep it moist. This is definitely not a cake for the kids, but that’s okay because they will have plenty of their own cake to enjoy.
I did get Boo to help me mix up the cake this year, she wanted to cook so I gave her some jobs. She was not impressed though and did ask if it would be okay if she didn’t eat any.
When making your Christmas Cake recipe you need to prepare your tin. I used an 8″ round tin with a loose bottom. It has to be lightly greased and lined with greaseproof paper. Then you have to cover the outside of the tin with folded greaseproof paper and tie it on.
Ingredients
- 1lb mixed fruit and candy, you can buy bags from the supermarket expecially for cakes.
- 5tbs of brandy
- 225g plain flour
- 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 225g unsalted butter
- 225g dark muscovado sugar
- 4 eggs
- grated zest of 1 orange and 1 lemon
- 1 tbs of treacle
Method
Place the dried fruit in a bowl and cover with the brandy. Leave overnight to soak.
- preheat the oven to 140C gas mark1
- cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
- beat the eggs and add them a little at a time, beating thouroughly after each addition
- sieve flour, salt and spices into a mixing bowl
- fold the flour and spice mix into the butter, sugar and eggs mix
- add the soaked fruit and excess brandy
- add the ctrus zest and treacle
- mix to combine all ingredients
- pour into prepared pan
- bake for 4 hours
Here is my finished cake. In the week before Christmas I will decorate it with marzipan and icing. I’ve not decided yet on the decoration, but here is last years cake.
You are so clever! Love the look of the last year Christmas cake! Look so beautiful and Christmassy.
Thank you Eileen, I was very happy with last years design x
Oh I love it!! So creative! Do you have a picture of this year's? A