Spoon the glazed fruits and nuts over the top of the cake to decorate.
Glazed fruit xmas cake.
Sliced and then warmed up with a near instant sauce of hot orange juice brandy and a little sugar poured over.
How to make christmas cake.
Glazed fruit christmas cake.
Basic clear glaze can be varied for different fruit ingredients 240 ml water apple pear or green grape juice might work too 10ml lemon juice 2 tbsp potato or tapioca starch not corn starch it will make the glaze milky 1 2 tbsp sugar.
Finally brush the beautifully arranged nuts and lots more glaze then store the cake in a tin or polythene box until it s needed.
When cool pour over the fruits and nuts and mix to glaze.
30g dried apricots finely chopped.
Scroll down for my naked christmas cake with glazed nuts and cherries.
So i raided their baking section to come up with the ingredients for my glazed fruit and nut topping.
Stand to allow the topping to.
So it s really the same when you make the glaze yourself.
Pour the fruit preserves or jam into a small saucepan.
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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.
Instructions make fruit cake.
Remove from heat and strain through a sieve to remove any apricot pieces.
While this cake is excellent sliced and eaten just as it is it is great as a dessert.
If the top is uneven trim with a sharp knife to make a flat surface.
Apricot glaze is also used in savoury cooking.
Next fold in the flour chopped almonds cinnamon and then fruit with any juices left in the bowl and treacle.
Include about 1 4 cup of preserves or jam for every loaf sized fruitcake.
Add 1 1 2 teaspoons of water for every 1 4 of jam or preserved used.
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 vegan 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.
When it comes to serving time transfer it to a plate or clean cake card and wrap a ribbon around the side.
And here s how the making part goes down.
Christmas cake with glazed fruit nuts.
I take a speedy approach.
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.
Dried fruit mixture for soaking in brandy.
Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid.
Place the cake on a board or flat surface.
