Easy Christmas cake recipe with or without alcohol
Christmas cake is very important dish to eat during Christmas and New year celebration. It is made specifically , for the act of sharing the cake with friends and family . Christmas and New year is incomplete and unthinkable without a scrumptious cake.
Preparation and cooking time
Prep:25 mins
Cook:2 hrs and 10 mins
Plus cooling
Easy
Cuts into 12-15 slices
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
Nutrition: per slice (11)
Calories - 677
Fat – 28g
Saturated fats - 11g
Carbs- 87g
Sugar - 78g
Fibre- 2g
Protein- 8g
Salt - 0.5g
INGREDIENTS
1kg mixed dried fruit (use a mix of raisins(, black, green and brown), sultanas, currants, cherries, cranberries, prunes )
orange – 1(zest +juice)
lemon – one (zest+ juice) Tetra pack not fresh
brandy – 150ml (plus extra for feeding)
butter – 250g
brown sugar – 200g carmel
flour – 175g
almonds – 100g
baking powder – ½ tsp
mixed spice – 2 TSP
vanilla extract - 1tsp
cinnamon -1 tsp
ground cloves -1/3 tsp
flaked almonds- 100g
eggs- 4 medium size
Steps
STEP 1
Take a large pan mix 1 kg dry fruits ,juice , zest, lemon ,brandy or other alcohol and brown sugar set over a medium heat.
STEP 2
When it starts boiling , cook for more 5 minutes on low flame.
Step 3
Let it cool for twenty to thirty minutes (according to weather summer or winter)
STEP 4
Preheat oven on 130c to 150c.
Step 5
Take a twenty cm deep cake tin with double layer of butter paper.
STEP 6
Mix flour, almonds, baking powder, cinnamon, mixed spice, ground cloves, eggs, flaked almonds and vanilla extract together in a big bowl. Mix it well.
STEP 7
Put it into tin and tap it to level the top. Bake it for two hours.
STEP 8
Remove the cake from oven and also remove upper thin layer of cake. Soak it with two spoons of alcohol.
STEP 9
Remove the butter paper and soak the cake with two spoons of alcohol to keep it soft.
STEP 10
Do not moist the cake with alcohol to give a chance to dry before icing.
Read more:American Apple pie OR Spiced Apple Slice
Recipe tips
1. Instead of alcohol you can use jaggery and carmel sugar by cooking it till dark brown colour OR
2. You can use tea water instead.
3. You can use orange juice more to bring the better on pouring consistency.
Q&A
Q 1.Is this possible to make Christmas or New year cake without alcohol ?
ANS. Yes it’is possible to make a Christmas or New year cake without alcohol. You can skip alcohol with cooked brown jaggery or carmel sugar .
ANS. Yes it’is possible to make a Christmas or New year cake without alcohol. You can skip alcohol with cooked brown jaggery or carmel sugar .
