Christmas Cake 9 Inch Tin
Leave the cake to cool in the tin.
Christmas cake 9 inch tin. Take a 9 inch 23cm square or a 10 inch 26cm round cake tin. Bake for 4 5 hours until firm to the touch and a skewer pushed into the middle comes out clean. 3 oz 75 g 6 oz 175 g 8 oz. When the cake has cooled remove the baking paper disc pierce the top in several places with a skewer then pour over a little brandy.
Bake in a slow oven approx 150 c 300 f for about 4 hours. For a 6 inch 15 cm round or 5 inch 13 cm square cake for an 8 inch 20 cm round cake or a 7 in 18 cm square one for a 9 inch 23 cm round or 8 inch 20 cm square cake for an 11 inch 28 cm round or 10 inch 25 5 cm square cake. When you want to bake a christmas cake but don t have the correct tin size mary berry comes to the rescue. As 12 5cm 5 inch tins are a slightly unusual size it can be difficult to find an exact recipe.
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. Remove the cake from the tin but keep it in the baking paper. Using her calculator below simply enter your tin shape and size or the number of. Leave the cake in the cake tin until cold.
Step 2 grease the tin 1st with marg then cut two rounds of greaseproof paper to fit the base and a double greaseproof paper to fit the sides making the sides a little large then the tin snip the base of this band side at regular intervals so it fits flat at the bottom. Turn into a prepareed 8 or 9 inch tin spread with a knife leaving a slight hollow in the centre.