Women's weekly christmas cake recipe - Morning tea

Author: John Foley  

This easy Christmas cake recipe is loaded with delicious traditional Christmas flavours of dried fruit and spices. Rich, moist, fruity and fragrant with brandy, this moist Christmas cake is best served with a cup of tea or a mug of good coffee.

Traditional christmas cake

Christmas is on its way and no Christmas would be complete without a deliciously plump fruit cake. Full of boozy fruit mix and nicely decorated.
Total time: 210 minutes
Cook time: 210 minutes
Yields: 1 item
Cuisine: Other
Number of ingredients: 14

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cup sultanas
• 1 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 1/4 cup pitted dates, chopped
• 1 cup dried fruit medley, chopped
• 1 cup mixed glacé cherries, chopped
• 1/3 cup currants
• 1/2 cup brandy plus 1/2 cup extra, for brushing
• 250 gram butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 tablespoon marmalade
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cup sifted plain flour
• decorations of choice

Nutrition:

• Serving Size: Makes 1 Item

How to cook:

1. In a large ceramic bowl, combine fruit and brandy. Mix well. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside overnight to soak.
2. Preheat oven to 120°C. Line base and sides of a 23cm square cake pan with two layers of brown paper and baking paper, allowing it to extend 2.5cm above edge.
3. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until pale and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in marmalade and vanilla. Transfer to a very large bowl.
4. Fold half soaked fruit and half flour into creamed mixture (use a clean hand if you like). Fold in remaining fruit and flour. Pour carefully into pan (make sure to pack into corners), smoothing top.
5. Bake 2½-3 hours, until cooked when tested with a skewer. Brush over extra brandy. Cool completely in pan, covered with a layer of foil and a clean tea towel. When cold, wrap in plastic wrap and foil and keep in an airtight container in a cool place.

Notes: Great-grandma's christmas cake | Australian Women's Weekly Food, Ingredients · 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon rind · 1 cup (220g) caster sugar · 60 gram butter, chopped · 1 cup (150g) sultanas · 1 cup (150g) currants · 1 teaspoon

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Moist Christmas cake

Rich, moist, fruity and fragrant with brandy, this moist Christmas cake is best served with a cup of tea or a mug of good coffee.
Total time: 255 minutes
Cook time: 240 minutes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Yields: 1 item
Cuisine: British
Number of ingredients: 18

Ingredients:

• 3 cup (500g) sultanas
• 1 1/4 cup (215g) dried currants
• 1 1/8 cup (190g) chopped raisins
• 3/4 cup (125g) chopped seeded prunes
• 3/4 cup (125g) chopped seeded dates
• 1 2/3 cup (300g) chopped glace fruit (such as cherries, pineapple, figs, apricots)
• 3/8 cup mixed peel
• 1/3 cup fig jam
• 1 tablespoon finely grated orange rind
• 1/8 cup lemon juice
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2/3 cup (250ml) Grand Marnier
• 1/2 tablespoon mixed spice
• 250 gram butter, melted, cooled
• 5 eggs, beaten lightly
• 2 1/2 cup (375g) plain flour
• 1/2 cup (80g) blanched almonds
• 7 glace cherries

Nutrition:

• Serving Size: Makes 1 Item

How to cook:

1. Mix ingredients in large bowl; cover tightly with plastic wrap. Store mixture in cool, dark place for a month (or longer, if desired) before using; stir mixture every two or three days.
2. Preheat oven to 150°C (130°C fan-forced). Line the base and side of a deep 22cm round cake pan (or deep 19cm square cake pan) with 2 layers of brown paper and 2 layers of baking paper, bringing paper 5cm above the edge of the pan.
3. Place fruit mixture in a large bowl. Stir in the butter, eggs and sifted flour, in two batches; mix well.
4. Spread mixture evenly into prepared pan. Decorate top of cake with almonds and cherries. Bake about 4 hours, or until cooked when tested. Cover hot cake tightly with foil; cool in pan.

Notes: Traditional Christmas cake recipes, Ingredients · 1 3/4 cup sultanas · 1 1/2 cup raisins · 1 1/4 cup pitted dates, chopped · 1 cup dried fruit medley, chopped · 1 cup mixed glacé cherries, chopped

Christmas cake

This easy Christmas cake recipe is loaded with delicious traditional Christmas flavours of dried fruit and spices.
Total time: 210 minutes
Cook time: 210 minutes
Yields: 36 servings
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Number of ingredients: 10

Ingredients:

• 250 gram butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cup (275g) firmly packed brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoon orange marmalade
• 1.5 kilogram (7½ cups) mixed dried fruit
• 1 1/2 cup (225g) plain flour
• 1/2 cup (75g) self-raising flour
• 2 teaspoon mixed spice
• 1/2 cup (125ml) orange juice
• 1/4 cup (40g) blanched whole almonds

Nutrition:

• Serving Size: Serves 36

How to cook:

1. Preheat oven to slow (150°C/130°C fan-forced). Line base and sides of deep 19cm-square cake pan with three thicknesses of baking paper, bringing paper 5cm above sides of pan.
2. Beat butter and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until just combined. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until just combined between additions. Mixture may curdle at this point, but will come together later.
3. Scrape mixture into large bowl; add marmalade and fruit, mix thoroughly.
4. Sift flours and spice over mixture; add juice, mix well.
5. Drop dollops of mixture into corners of pan to hold baking paper in position; spread remaining mixture into pan.
6. Drop cake pan from a height of about 15cm onto bench to settle mixture into pan and to break any large air bubbles. Level surface of cake mixture with wet metal spatula; decorate top with almonds.
7. Bake, uncovered, about 3 hours. Remove cake from oven; cover pan tightly with foil; cool cake in pan.

Notes: Classic christmas cake | Australian Women's Weekly Food, Ingredients · 250 gram butter, softened · 1 cup (220g) firmly packed dark brown sugar · 1/4 cup (85g) orange marmalade · 4 eggs, at room temperature · 1 3/4 cup (

Beginners' christmas cake

This is the perfect recipe to start your Christmas cake baking tradition. It can be made ahead of time easy preparation on any occasion.
Total time: 210 minutes
Cook time: 210 minutes
Yields: 36 servings
Cuisine: British
Number of ingredients: 12

Ingredients:

• 250 gram butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoon orange marmalade
• 1.5 kilogram mixed dried fruit
• 1 1/2 cup plain flour
• 1/2 cup self-raising flour
• 2 teaspoon mixed spice
• 1/2 cup sweet sherry
• 1/4 cup blanched whole almonds
• 2 tablespoon sweet sherry, extra
• 125 gram blanched whole almonds, chopped coarsely,

Nutrition:

• Serving Size: Serves 36

How to cook:

1. Position oven shelves; preheat oven to slow. Line base and sides of deep 19cm-square cake pan with three thicknesses baking paper, bringing paper 5cm above sides of pan.
2. Beat butter and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until just combined; beat in eggs, one at a time, until just combined between additions. Mixture may curdle at this point but will come together later.
3. Scrape mixture into large bowl; add marmalade and fruit, mix thoroughly with one hand.
4. Sift flours and spice over mixture; add sherry, mix well.
5. Drop dollops of mixture into corners of pan to hold paper in position; spread remaining mixture into pan.
6. Drop cake pan from a height of about 15cm onto bench to settle mixture into pan and to break any large air bubbles; level surface of cake mixture with wet metal spatula, decorate top with almonds.
7. Bake cake in slow oven about 3 hours. Remove cake from oven; brush top with extra sherry. Cover pan tightly with foil; cool cake in pan.

Notes: Beginners' christmas cake | Australian Women's Weekly Food, 250 gram butter, softened · 1 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar · 4 eggs · 2 tablespoon orange marmalade · 1.5 kilogram mixed dried fruit · 1 1/2 cup plain flour