Easy Moist Christmas Cake Recipe
Combine dried fruits butter sugar honey orange juice and baking soda in a large saucepan.
Easy moist christmas cake recipe. Sift the flour milk powder and spices t0gether. Add the rest of the ingredients to the fruit mixture in the bowl. This recipe is started in october or november so as to let it mellow before the holidays.
Our make mature christmas cake is a confirmed classic. Stir all the remaining ingredients in making sure there are no lumps of flour. I remember very well my mother storing her fruit cake in an old butter churn that belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother.
Use a spatula or spoon to level the mixture off so that is fills the space and is level. This is an easy and fast way to make so i ll use this method next time. Stir over low heat until the sugar has dissolved.
Place the ready rolled marzipan onto the cake and gently smooth down the sides. I m a fan of fruit cake i ve been for over 60yrs and i make this every christmas just made mine last night the. If you don t have the required tin size go to.
She knows what she s talking about. Cover the entire cake in warmed shredless marmalade or sieved apricot jam. Place the cake mix in the oven and cook for 2 hours.
Toast the nuts in a dry frying pan tossing them until evenly browned or in the oven for 8 10 minutes keep an eye on them as they burn easily. When they are cool chop roughly. You can make this cake up to three months in advance and feed it fortnightly with either rum brandy or whisky to build up the flavour and keep it moist.