Christmas Cake Recipe 2lb Loaf Tin

Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid.

Christmas cake recipe 2lb loaf tin. Add all the remaining ingredient into the bowl and beat well until thoroughly blended. Just use a christmas cake recipe it will work fine. Spoon into the lined loaf tin and level out. Showing 1 12 of 32 recipes.

I would suggest half the recipe. 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 m not in my house or kitchen because we arranged for 2 weeks of work to be done at the beginning of october and it has gone spectacularly shite. Remove from the oven and immediately pour over the brandy this makes it easier for the cake to soak it up.

Preheat the oven to 180c 160c fan 140c gas 3. Cream the softened butter and sugar together either with a wooden spoon in a large bowl or a stand mixer. The loaf tins are a sort of normal loaf tin size umm 1lb is that a thing. 12oz dried fruit 1 oz dried apricots 1oz crushed almonds 1oz hazelnuts 6oz plain flour 5oz butter 5oz soft brown sugar 2 1 2 eggs beaten or 2 large eggs and a spoonful of brandy teaspoon of mixed spice.

I take a speedy approach. Makes 1 large loaf cake. I am making delia s classic christmas cake but want to cook it in 2 2lb. Leave to cool then dust with icing sugar if using.

Yes i agree buying a square tin is a good idea but i was just being lazy as i have the loaf tins here. Line a 2lb loaf tin 2. Grease and line a 1 4kg 3lb loaf tin. Same temperature 140 on the lowest shelf in a conventional oven or 115 on any shelf in a fan oven.

Multiply that number with every weight of ingredients in the recipe and you will scale it down to suit your smaller tin. And here s how the making part goes down. Can you advise me as to how long they should cook and at what temperature. Loaf cake recipes bake up a storm with one of our simple loaf cake recipes including a sticky chocolate cake sweet honey cake and the ultimate ginger loaf.

Spoon the mixture into the loaf tin put the tin in a deep tray and bake for 1 hr 15 mins 1 hr 30 mins or until a skewer prodded in comes out clean. Rub in the butter and then fold in the mixed fruit. I do have silverwood loaf tins also if you think they would be better. As always protect the outside of the tin and cover the top with parchment so that it doesn t touch the surface of the cake mixture.

In a bowl sift together the flour sugar baking powder mixed spice and salt.