Christmas Cake
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. You don't have to limit your Christmas dessert lineup to just cookies though: These best Christmas cake recipes are a great way to wow your family with something new and special—just look at Ree Drummond's yule log cake! White Christmas Cake "Wow!" is the reaction from family and guests when they see and taste this lovely three-layer beauty. Make Christmas Cake using 17 ingredients and 8 steps easily.
Ingredients
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It’s 8 oz of butter
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Prepare 8 oz of dark soft brown sugar
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You need 4 of eggs
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You need 8 oz of plain flour, sifted
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Prepare 1 teaspoon of allspice
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You need 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
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Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
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You need 2 tablespoons of black treacle
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It’s 1 tablespoon of lemon or orange juice
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It’s 8 oz of seedless raisins
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It’s 12 oz of currants
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You need 8 oz of sultanas
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You need 4 oz of cut mixed peel
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You need 3 oz of glace cherries, quartered, washed and dried
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It’s of grated rind of 1 lemon
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You need of grated rind of 1 small orange
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You need 6-8 tablespoons of brandy (divided)
Steps
- In a large bowl, combine the raisins, currants, sultanas, mixed peel, glace cherries and grated lemon and orange rind. Add 3-4 tablespoons brandy, stir well and leave to soak..
- Preheat the oven to 300 F..
- Grease and line an 8 inch round or 7 inch square deep cake tin with greased greaseproof paper..
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until very light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, folding in a tablespoon of flour after each addition..
- Sift the remaining flour with spices and fold into the creamed mixture, using a large metal spoon. Then stir in the treacle and fruit juice..
- Add the brandy-soaked fruit mix to the cake mixture and stir until evenly blended, then turn into the prepared tin. Smooth the surface, make a small hollow in the center and tie a treble thickness of brown paper around the outside of the tin..
- Bake in the preheated cool oven for about 3.25-3.50 hours or until a warmed fine skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean..
- Leave the cake in the tin overnight to cool completely. Prick the surface all over with a fine skewer, then pour over the remaining 3-4 tablespoons brandy and allow to soak in. Remove the cake from the tin, wrap securely in foil and store in a cool dry place..
Loaded with raisins and nuts, it tastes extra special drizzled with the rich buttery sauce. —Linda Stemen, Monroeville, Indiana. If you're looking for a homemade Christmas cake (with lots of icing!), It's time to turn your attention to these festive ideas. From an ugly sweater cake to a peppermint cheesecake, these are the. And here's how the making part goes down. The key step that makes this so much faster to make than other fruit cakes is the fruit soaking step.
