Glazed Fruit Christmas Cake

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.

Glazed fruit christmas cake.

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. Glazed fruit christmas cake. Include about 1 4 cup of preserves or jam for every loaf sized fruitcake. Pour the fruit preserves or jam into a small saucepan.

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. Sliced and then warmed up with a near instant sauce of hot orange juice brandy and a little sugar poured over. The glazed fruits pieces are colorful and pieces distinct not clumped together. While this cake is excellent sliced and eaten just as it is it is great as a dessert.

Leave to set then decorate with a ribbon. Arrange the fruit and nuts on top in neat rows or higgledy piggledy. Ruth clemens baker extraordinaire. 30g dried apricots finely chopped.

Unless you love fruit cake. Stand to allow the topping to. Finally brush the beautifully arranged nuts and lots more glaze then store the cake in a tin or polythene box until it s needed. 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. Next fold in the flour chopped almonds cinnamon and then fruit with any juices left in the bowl and treacle. Place the cake on a board or flat surface. When it comes to serving time transfer it to a plate or clean cake card and wrap a ribbon around the side.

Add 1 1 2 teaspoons of water for every 1 4 of jam or preserved used. When cool pour over the fruits and nuts and mix to glaze. Spoon the glazed fruits and nuts over the top of the cake to decorate. Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid.

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. Scroll down for my naked christmas cake with glazed nuts and cherries. Every body makes fun of fruit cake. 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.

I take a speedy approach. Christmas cake with glazed fruit nuts. Using a pastry brush or tablespoon glaze the toppings with more jam. Dried fruit mixture for soaking in brandy.

Thank you dixie 349 add to cart. If the top is uneven trim with a sharp knife to make a flat surface. And here s how the making part goes down.