My Mums Christmas Cake Recipes

I don't think I ever saws my Mom make a cake from a mix; she was a superb baker and all around cook, but lovingly remembered for her wonderful Christmas creations (let alone Easter!) amongst which is this rich and lovely Christmas Cake, that I can share with you. In attempting this one, you need remember that it was "always on a budget", so the cherries, peel, etc are not the ones packed in expensive syrupy fluid, but rather the cheaper "candied" ones, often bought in today's "Bulk Barn"... Mom never advocated drinking, but using white rum or brandy in place of the pineapple juice was not unusual, I just can't imagine her writing that out for dissemination in the family reunion cookbook I'm pulling this up from... Where "fruit" is mentioned as an ingredient, most often this meant currants, in semi-dried form, but I'll go out on a limb and suggest chopped dried apricots would work well, too...(remember, this is a "heritage" recipe, Mom was into her 20's in the Dirty Thirties, when you worked from the cheapest ingredients, and there weren't a lot of choices!)

Provided by John DOH

Categories     Dessert

Time 3h25m

Yield 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 15

• Ingredients

Instructions for cooking much quicker boiled fruit cake given below also. Mum used to make a boiled fruit cake often, sometimes with drained crushed pineapple in the mixture.

Provided by Ninna

Categories     Dessert

Time 3h40m

Yield 1 Christmas cake

Number Of Ingredients 14

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 6780.6, Fat 247.2, SaturatedFat 127.3, Cholesterol 1334, Sodium 3306.2, Carbohydrate 1049.2, Fiber 51.9, Sugar 687.2, Protein 98.9