If your cake falls apart when cutting, it may be from overbaking.

Christmas cake very crumbly. I have always made the classic christmas cake but this year although the taste is very good when i cut it it crumbles and doesn’t cut into a slice. The orange slice cake is a simple, flavorful cake that requires no decorating and very little work to make. Web 20 vintage christmas cake recipes just like grandma used to make.

I always soak the fruit, i do everything the recipe tells me to do! The best way to fix this is, obviously, to adjust the gluten content of the cake. 207 ratings pistachio nut bundt cake.

For years with the exception of two years ago i follow delia's recipe when making my christmas cake but every year i get the same result! Web fruit cake is crumbly for a few reasons. 40 ratings crushed pineapple fruitcake.

The cake tastes great but crumbles when i cut it ! Beat the sugar with the butter, then beat in the flour mixture. Just hoping it isn’t a weird mould or something.

You used the wrong type of flour. Amaretto (or brandy) for the rest of the cake. It makes a wonderful christmas cake, but it tastes great as a breakfast pastry, as well.

The fruit is soaked in either apple juice or a combination of apple juice and brandy (for those who like boozy christmas cake). Second, fruit cake is often made with a lot of alcohol. Sift the flour, cornflour and baking powder together.