Glazed Fruit Christmas Cake

Glazed vegan fruit cake.

Glazed fruit christmas cake. If the top is uneven trim with a sharp knife to make a flat surface. How to make christmas cake. The key step that makes this so much faster to make than other fruit cakes is the fruit soaking step most recipes call for dried fruit to be soaked overnight. Using a pastry brush or tablespoon glaze the toppings with more jam.

Don t worry about the keeping quality of this glaze we have stored glazed cakes for three months and they were still in beautiful condition. I take a speedy approach. Dried fruit mixture for soaking in brandy. Arrange the fruit and nuts on top in neat rows or higgledy piggledy.

Remove from heat and strain through a sieve to remove any apricot pieces. So i raided their baking section to come up with the ingredients for my glazed fruit and nut topping. 30g dried apricots finely chopped. Glazed fruit christmas cake.

Thank you dixie 349 add to cart. Every body makes fun of fruit cake. Pour the fruit preserves or jam into a small saucepan. Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid.

Line a cake tin roughly 9 x 3 pour the batter into the lined tin and bake for 6hrs and 20 mins on gas mark 1. And here s how the making part goes down. Sliced and then warmed up with a near instant sauce of hot orange juice brandy and a little sugar poured over. Finally brush the beautifully arranged nuts and lots more glaze then store the cake in a tin or polythene box until it s needed.

While this cake is excellent sliced and eaten just as it is it is great as a dessert. When cool pour over the fruits and nuts and mix to glaze. Wrap the cake in two pieces of clingfilm to stop the outside edge of the cake from drying out and store in a tin or tub large enough to accommodate it. Include about 1 4 cup of preserves or jam for every loaf sized fruitcake.

Grandma s fruitcake old fashioned christmas fruit and nut cake recipe no citron or bitter candied fruit from beatrice bakery in 2lb ring in holiday gift box. Next fold in the flour chopped almonds cinnamon and then fruit with any juices left in the bowl and treacle. Add 1 1 2 teaspoons of water for every 1 4 of jam or preserved used. Unless you love fruit cake.

Ruth clemens baker extraordinaire. Spoon the glazed fruits and nuts over the top of the cake to decorate. When it comes to serving time transfer it to a plate or clean cake card and wrap a ribbon around the side. Stand to allow the topping to.

Christmas cake with glazed fruit nuts. Countdown has a fantastic range of nuts and dried fruit in their baking section and leading up to christmas so many of them are on price lockdown or special. Place the cake on a board or flat surface.