Christmas Cake Yorkshire

This same recipe also makes a 20cm large hemisphere cake pan which take the same baking time as the 9 inch cake.

Christmas cake yorkshire. Twelfth night and easter. Bake for 3 3 hours. Sir well and put into a greased and lined 9 10 inch cake tin. Try a christmas cake recipe made with wonderful fruits spices and sherry from bettys the famous harrogate bakers.

However the american version of fruitcake often differs significantly from british christmas cake which is typically a moist dense fruitcake draped in fondant and often decorated festively for the holiday season. Save remove recipe save recipe print rate. A cake with lots of candied dried fruits in them a spicy sweet flavor profile and the presence of an alcohol such as rum. This is a swiss roll that is coated in chocolate resembling a.

Test with a skewer to see if it comes out clean. Save remove recipe save recipe share. Start with the oven fairly warm for 30 minutes at 325f mark 3 170c and then gradually reduce over the time to finish in a slow oven at 250f mark 130c. It could only be yorkshire from coal carrying to gooseberry shows yorkshire has more than its fair share of weird and wonderful traditions often lost on the rest of.

Bake in a moderate oven 170c 350f gas mark 4 for around 2hrs 30 minutes 3hrs lowering the oven temperature slightly after the first hour. And if you re going to the trouble of making your own cake then why not try making homemade marzipan as well. 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. This recipe will also make 9 x 7 5cm 3inch mini christmas cakes which will need to bake for 5 5 hours.

A cake that may also be served at christmas time in the united kingdom in addition to the traditional christmas cake is the cake known as a yule log or chocolate log. Preheat the oven to 300 f. When families in the sixteenth century made their christmas puddings for the big day they would often use some of the mixture. A taste of yorkshire in food and in.

Christmas cake christmas pudding mince pies if you don t like dried fruit you are in trouble at christmastime. Bake in the center of the oven for 4 1 2 hours. Christmas cake with cheese. Put the mixture into the cake tin and smooth over the top making a slight indent in the middle this stops the cake from rising too much in the middle and cracking.

Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared cake tin making sure there are no air pockets. I leave the baking paper on the cake then wrap it in foil and place in a tin in a cool place. The christmas cake as we know it comes from two christian feast days. Christmas cake and fruitcake often refer to the same thing.