Christmas Cake Recipe Australia

Place butter and sugar into a large mixing bowl.

Christmas cake recipe australia. I chopped all the fruit into small pieces to give it a finer texture. The cake must be completely enclosed by both. 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. We decorated our cake with ribbon and fondant icing stars.

A to z title 54 recipes in this collection. Maggie beer is a very well respected cook here in australia. 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. Preheat oven to 150ºc.

An out of this world cake that is full of glace fruit and nuts from the australian womans weekly cookbook. The flavour of this cake is gorgeous very rich just like a christmas cake should taste like. Apple spice pudding. Add a recipe user settings log out.

And here s how the making part goes down. I take a speedy approach. Two weeks before required cover with almond paste. This cake is a rich dark moist fruit cake very flavorful at christmas.

Billington s classic christmas cake. Ice with fondant or royal icing as desired. This excellent recipe was published in the melbourne age in the lead up to christmas 2002. Cut out shapes using pastry cutters and allow to dry until firm.

Christmas cake australian. My only regret is that it was crumbly. Wrap carefully in a double layer of baking paper then in two layers of foil. Pierce cake all over with a skewer and carefully spoon over 5 tablespoons brandy or dark rum.

If cake is cooked a skewer inserted in the centre will come out clean and dry. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch. Add apple spice pudding to my favourite recipes. How to make christmas cake.

Build your own menu discover more. Allow to dry for 5 days. I added what i thought was the right amount of butter for the cake as the amount of butter wasn t on the recipe at the time. But for a once in a year or that special celebration it s not just wonderful its simply stunning.

Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid. Once ready double line a 23 cm deep square cake tin with brown paper then line with an additional 2 layers of baking paper. I actually soaked the fruit in brandy for three weeks and topped the brandy up a few times which no doubt improved the flavour even more. Overall it was.