Christmas Cake Using Mixed Fruit

Stir everything together then scrape into the cake tin.

Christmas cake using mixed fruit. Tip in the flour mixed spice soaked dried fruit and any liquid from the bowl plus your chosen nuts if using. Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid. This christmas cake is very easy and if you choose a large enough bowl to soak your fruit in at the start then you can mix it all up in the same bowl. Prepare the 3 ingredient christmas cake 1 day ahead step 1 prep the fruit.

How to make christmas cake. This post does not have a link but i just had to share the recipe that i use to make my christmas cake. Add soaked fruit glace cherries and mixed peel and nuts to the remaining flour. Heat light karo syrup until warm.

Cool completely in pan. Grease and flour a 10 inch bundt pan very well. This allows the dried fruit to soak up the liquid and become plump which then results in a beautiful. Lower the heat to 150 c gas 2 for another 1 1 2 hours.

Transfer into lined tin. I take a speedy approach. Gradually add to cake mixture with almond essence. Bake for 2 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

In another large mixing bowl combine cake mix pudding mix eggs oil and water. Beat for 3 minutes. Using the back of your spoon make a slight dent in the centre of the mixture then bake for 1 hrs. A boiled christmas cake isn t actually a boiled cake rather it refers to the method of boiling the fruit mix to add extra plumpness and moisture to the end result.

Turn off the oven but leave the cake in the oven for another 30 minutes. And here s how the making part goes down. Fold in fruit nut mixture batter will be very stiff. 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.