Christmas Cake Quick

Simply decorate as you like or see our guide for 10 ways to decorate a christmas cake.

Christmas cake quick. Bake for 45 minutes then turn down the heat to 140c gas 1 fan120c and cook for a further 1 1 hours about a further 1 hours if you have a gas oven until the cake is dark golden in appearance and firm to the touch. How to make christmas cake. After multiple researches and few recipe tests i m proud to present you this quick and easy christmas fruit cake. Place in the oven and bake for 1 2 hours by which time the top of the cake should be firm and dry and will have cracked a little.

A quick christmas cake sounds like a contradiction but this cake can be made at the last minute marzipanned and iced on christmas eve ready for eating on christmas day. And here s how the making part goes down. Pour the fruit cake mixture very carefully into the prepared cake tin. If you insert a cake tester into the middle of the cake it will still come out a little sticky.

Cover the top of the cake with foil if it starts to darken too much. I take a speedy approach. Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid. The key step that makes this so much faster to make than other fruit cakes is the fruit soaking step most recipes call for dried fruit to be soaked overnight.

I ve been receiving multiple requests from bnf fans requesting for a fruit cake recipe.