Rich Moist Christmas Cake

But if you really want to make it special serve it with custard.

Rich moist christmas cake.

This christmas fruit cake is rich and moist with a ton of flavour from the fruit so it s absolutely delish eaten plain. Store in an airtight container in a cool dry place. For me it is old fashioned rich moist christmas fruitcake. Moist rich tasty.

When room temperature remove cake from tin and wrap in greaseproof paper and foil for 2 3 weeks or whenever you need it but best if at least 1 week. Takes 20 min to make 4 5 hours to cook plus overnight soaking mary berry s rich traditional christmas cake recipe is filled to the brim with fruit as well as almonds brandy and treacle. Rave reviews from the family. No egg chocolate mug cake.

This recipe is started in october or november so as to let it mellow before the holidays. Put 1kg mixed dried fruit the zest and juice of 1 orange and 1 lemon 150ml brandy or other alcohol 250g softened butter and 200g light soft brown sugar in a large pan set over a medium heat. A rich moist chocolate cake with a chocolate buttercream icing. A family favorite great for the christmas holiday.

Warm the apricot jam and spread over the cake. Homemade custard if you can. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch. This is the best cake in the world.

Cool in the tin. Bake for 3 hours in the preheated oven. This christmas cake is moist and full of festive flavours. I still remember sometimes when we had finished our fruitcake before christmas my mother used to bake another light fruitcake and i used to make faces for my beloved fruitcake.

I varied on the types of dried fruits added some dried cherries and cranberries but otherwise stuck to the recipe. You could add a bit more bourbon or brandy over this storage time to feed the cake and keep moist freeze ahead tip. Make the cake and wrap. Coco cola cake ii rating.

This cake is a rich dark moist fruit cake very flavorful at christmas. Winter wonderland christmas cake christmas cake recipe. Discover 10 ways to decorate your christmas cake to turn your fruit cake into a festive showstopper. I love any kind of cake with any kind of filling but on christmas a rich fruitcake is a must thing for me.

No frosting no fondant nothing needed and it s certainly how i pick away at the leftovers for weeks and weeks. I remember very well my mother storing her fruit cake in an old butter churn that belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother.