1 Week Christmas Cake

A big part of christmas tradition in ireland is making a decorated fruitcake also known as a christmas cake and it can taste every bit as extravagant as it looks.

1 week christmas cake. Christmas cake in traybake form. All is not lost though. See the recipe for light christmas cake here. This easy christmas cake traybake is everything you d expect from a traditional british christmas cake a richly spiced fruitcake packed full of juicy sultanas raisins and currants plus glacé cherries and sherry though you can also use brandy whisky rum or even gin all topped off with marzipan and fondant icing.

Ideally christmas cake should be made at least two months before christmas which allows ample time for the cake to be fed at regular intervals with brandy which in turn helps to mature the cake. As known one of the best christmas desserts come from europe. In germany christmas dinner is not complete without a traditional german cake called stollen. Find out more in the equipment section of the recipe.

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. The week before you want to serve begin covering the cake. In particularly about christmas desserts. However if you are making it closer to the holiday you can be assured the cake will still taste as good though it may not store as long as a mature one the brandy helps keep it moist.

With its two key ingredients rum and butter it ought to be a hit. This recipe includes dried cherries mango cranberries and currants soaked in rum overnight a week or a month or more is even better. Delia s last minute brandied christmas cake recipe. After it s baked it ages in cheesecloth with additional splashes of rum.

I have time this week to make it. Cake of the week. Let it ripen for 10 weeks for best flavor. Will the cake be all the better for 12 weeks of maturing or will that simply limit its freshness when christmas finally arrives.

This week it s light christmas cake and if you buy a delia online cake tin made by silverwood you will receive a 30 discount on the matching liners. You meant to make a christmas cake in early october feed it weekly with brandy let it mature marzipan it two weeks before and ice it one week before the big day and guess what you didn t. Yes i know it s happened to me too. It s a shame that fruitcake as a species gets such a bad rap.

Our answer opinions on the maturing of christmas cakes does vary and is partly an issue of personal taste but for the rich fruit type of christmas cakes we would suggest making them up to 3 months ahead of christmas.