CHRISTMAS CAKE
This cake is a rich, dark, moist fruit cake, very flavorful at Christmas. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch. This recipe is started in October or November so as to let it mellow before the holidays. I remember very well my mother storing her fruit cake in an old butter churn that belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother. I wish that I had that old crock.
Provided by Carol
Categories Desserts Specialty Dessert Recipes Liqueur Dessert Recipes Brandy
Time 6h
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- In a medium bowl, combine cherries, citrus peel, raisins, currants, dates, and almonds. Stir in brandy; let stand 2 hours, or overnight. Dredge soaked fruit with 1/2 cup flour.
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Grease an 8x8x3 inch fruit cake pan, line with parchment paper, and grease again. In a small bowl, mix together 2 cups flour, baking soda, cloves, allspice, cinnamon, and salt; set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream butter until light. Gradually blend in brown sugar and eggs. Mix together molasses and apple juice. Beat into butter mixture alternately with flour mixture, making 4 dry and 3 liquid additions. Fold in floured fruit. Turn batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 3 to 3 1/2 hours, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean. Remove from pan, and lift off paper. Cool cake completely, then wrap loosely in waxed paper. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 644.7 calories, Carbohydrate 113.4 g, Cholesterol 100.3 mg, Fat 17.8 g, Fiber 3.9 g, Protein 7.4 g, SaturatedFat 8.2 g, Sodium 255.9 mg, Sugar 73.6 g
MARIE'S CHRISTMAS CAKE
I have not tried this recipe. I'm posting this recipe for safe keeping. I found this recipe in From Babas' Kitchen To Ours. I have used this recipe for the wedding cakes for my two daughters.
Provided by internetnut
Categories Dessert
Time 15m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Wash raisins. Pour boiling water over them and let stand for a few minutes. Drain throughly and dry between towels. Chop half the cherries. Combine fruit and add honey. Mix well and let stand overnight. Sift flour, salt, soda and spices.
- Cream butter. Add sugar gradually, then add one egg at a time, beating well after each one. Break up jelly and add. Add flour mixture, nuts, fruit and flavoring. Bake in 300 oven.
- Makes a 12 pound cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2324.3, Fat 92.4, SaturatedFat 35.3, Cholesterol 401, Sodium 1446.7, Carbohydrate 372.4, Fiber 19.6, Sugar 253.7, Protein 34.3
MAKE & MATURE CHRISTMAS CAKE
Bake this festive fruit cake in advance of Christmas and feed it regularly with rum, brandy or whisky to build the flavour and keep it moist
Provided by James Martin
Categories Dessert
Time 2h35m
Yield Cuts into 12-15 slices
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- 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.
- Bring to the boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 5 mins. Tip the fruit mixture into a large bowl and leave to cool for 30 mins.
- Heat oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 2. Line a deep 20cm cake tin with a double layer of baking parchment, then wrap a double layer of newspaper around the outside - tie with string to secure.
- Add 175g plain flour, 100g ground almonds, ½ tsp baking powder, 2 tsp mixed spice, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, ¼ tsp ground cloves, 100g flaked almonds, 4 large eggs and 1 tsp vanilla extract to the fruit mixture and stir well, making sure there are no pockets of flour.
- Tip into your prepared tin, level the top with a spatula and bake in the centre of the oven for 2 hrs.
- Remove the cake from the oven, poke holes in it with a skewer and spoon over 2 tbsp of your chosen alcohol. Leave the cake to cool completely in the tin.
- To store, peel off the baking parchment, then wrap well in cling film. Feed the cake with 1-2 tbsp alcohol every fortnight, until you ice it.
- Don't feed the cake for the final week to give the surface a chance to dry before icing.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 678 calories, Fat 29 grams fat, SaturatedFat 12 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 88 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 79 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 9 grams protein, Sodium 0.6 milligram of sodium
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- For the cake, place all the dried fruit, including the cherries, into a large mixing bowl, pour over the brandy and stir in the orange zest. Cover with clingfilm and leave to soak for three days, stirring daily.
- Grease and line a 23cm/9in deep, round tin with a double layer of greased greaseproof paper. Preheat the oven to 140C/120C Fan/Gas 1.
- Measure the butter, sugar, eggs, treacle and almonds into a very large bowl and beat well (preferably with an electric free-standing mixer). Add the flour and ground spice and mix thoroughly until blended.
- Bake in the centre of the preheated oven for about 4-4½ hours, or until the cake feels firm to the touch and is a rich golden brown. Check after two hours, and if the cake is a perfect colour, cover with foil.
- When cool, pierce the cake at intervals with a fine skewer and feed with a little extra brandy. Wrap the completely cold cake in a double layer of greaseproof paper and again in foil and store in a cool place for up to three months, feeding at intervals with more brandy.
- For the covering, stand the cake upside down, flat side uppermost, on a cake board which is 5cm/2in larger than the size of the cake.
- Liberally dust a work surface with icing sugar and then roll out the marzipan to about 5cm/2in larger than the surface of the cake. Keep moving the marzipan as you roll, checking that it is not sticking to the work surface.
- Carefully lift the marzipan over the cake using a rolling pin. Gently level and smooth the top of the paste with the rolling pin, then ease the marzipan down the sides of the cake, smoothing it at the same time.
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