Christmas Cake Recipe 1kg Fruit
I take a speedy approach.
Christmas cake recipe 1kg fruit. The original recipe states that you should soak your fruit overnight but the last time i made it i soaked the fruit for 2 3 days. 150ml of a spirit of your choice brandy or sherry works best. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. And here s how the making part goes down.
100g 3 5oz flaked almonds. A classic recipe for a fruity and slightly boozy christmas cake nigella lawson will be answering your christmas dessert questions live on our food blog on friday 9 december at 12pm. 1kg 2lb mixed dried fruit. When it s completely cold wrap in double greaseproof paper and then foil and store in an airtight tin or polythene box.
175g 6oz plain flour. 2 hrs 5 mins cooking. Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid. 200g 7oz brown sugar.
2 teaspoons mixed spice. Wrap and store in an air tight container for 6 to 8 weeks and it tastes just divine on christmas eve. Oct 15 2020 9 00pm. Sherry brandy rum or brewed tea plus extra for feeding.
100g 3 5oz ground almonds. Nothing says christmas like a dense plump fruit cake loaded with nuts fruits spices and cheeky splash of sherry. How to make christmas cake. 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 find that this ensures that the cake is extra moist. Let that dried fruit soak up all the butter and sherry flavours. Best ever christmas fruit cake recipe. Zest and juice 2 oranges 2 lemons or 4 clementines 250g pack unsalted butter softened plus extra for the tin.
Bake the cake in the centre of the oven for 4 hours until it feels springy in the centre when lightly touched. Cool the cake for 45 minutes in the tin then remove it to a wire rack to finish cooling. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Mixed dried fruit any blend of raisins sultanas currants mixed peel dried cranberries glacé cherries chopped dried apricots dates dried figs or dried pineapple.
After posting my guide on how to soak fruits for a christmas cake i have followed up with this recipe for baking the rich christmas fruit cake. Last year i had soaked the fruits in the 3rd week of november and by the first week week of december it was time to bake the cake giving a little time for the cake to mature. 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.