Web it’s super quick to make… it takes just 30 minutes to prepare and 1 hour to cook.

Christmas cake cooking times. Put all the fruits (see note at foot of method), in a bowl and mix them with the brandy, cover with a cloth and leave them to soak for a minimum of 12 hours. So for example, if your egg weighs 50g, you would need 13g of egg. Web jump to recipe card.

Feed it regularly with brandy, rum or whisky and it will mature over time. Subscribe today and choose a new cookbook from jamie, nadiya, or mary berry. 1 x boozy fruit soak.

250g (9oz) light muscovado sugar. Mix the dried fruit and sherry in a bowl and leave to soak for at least 30 minutes, but preferably for a few hours. Use your choice of dried fruit, nuts, citrus zest and booze (or even tea) and get this simple christmas cake made up to six months in advance.

The cake will be browned on the top and shrunk back from the sides of the tin. Or, if you’re a perfectionist, add a cup on top of scales and tare the scales so they’re at 0. The sponge is flavoured with chopped walnuts, ground walnut flour and warm spice from cinnamon and cardamom.

Web the time has come! Hi lindsey, i shall be making my christmas cakes shortly, if i'm cooking 2 at the same time, do i need to alter temperature or length of cooking time? Web scaling up cake recipes.

This dark, moist rich fruit christmas cake can be prepared in advance. Spiced walnut cake with pomegranate molasses frosting. You’ve been lovingly stirring and looking after your boozy fruit and after six weeks soaking it’s ready to be turned into your christmas cake!