Christmas Cake Recipe 20cm Round

Preheat the oven to 150 c gas 2.

Christmas cake recipe 20cm round. Stir the eggs nuts and ground almonds into the fruit mixture and mix well. We used a cutter from lakeland or you can use templates. Meanwhile pre heat oven to 140 c 275 f gas 1 and line an 8 20cm round deep cake tin with greaseproof paper. Butter and double line a deep cake tin 20cm round or 18cm square with enough baking parchment to come about 2 5cm above the top of the tin.

Grease a round 20cm 8 inch cake tin. Tie a double layer of brown paper or newspaper around the outside of the tin. This christmas cake recipe combines festive spices and zesty fruits. 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.

Preheat the oven or warming drawer to 60 c. Finally stir in the sieved flour and mixed spice. Nigella lawson s traditional christmas cake recipe. Makes 1 round 20cm cake approx.

This chart helps down and upscale cake recipe quantities and assumes that the recipe you are using is the most common size shape which is an 8 inch 20cm round cake and 3 inch 7 5cm deep. I take a speedy approach. Round loose bottomed cake tin with a double layer of. Brush snowflake edges with vodka and sprinkle with edible glitter.

Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid. Recipes and food styling. Beat in the eggs. Fold in the flour and spices then add the fruit mixture and chpped nuts.

And here s how the making part goes down. Grease a 20cm 8inch round or an 18cm 7inch square cake tin and line the bottom and sides with baking parchment. For square cakes use the round quantities below and deduct 1 inch from the round cake chart or alternatively see the cake tin sizes chart above. Sieve the flour salt mixed spice and cinnamon into a bowl.

Heat oven to 160c 140c fan gas 3. Line the base and sides with 2 layers of baking parchment. I made my very first christmas cake last year with this recipe it went down so well i ve already been asked to make it again this christmas. Wrap the outside of the tin with a few sheets of newspaper securing with staples or string.

Tie ribbon around the cake to finish. Preheat the oven to 150c gas 2 and line the base and sides of a 23cm round tin or a 20cm square tin with a double layer of greaseproof paper. A deep 20cm round or 18cm square cake tin. Make the cake up to 6 weeks ahead and wrap in a.