Fruit And Nut Christmas Cake Topping

The butter mix will start to cool and thicken.

Fruit and nut christmas cake topping.

Leave the nuts and cherries to set on to the cake. Hi i know it s a bit desperate to avoid marking keen but i ve just made the christmas cake today and want to decorate the top with glazed fruit and nuts instead of royal icing. Are there any domestic goddesses on here who know how this is done. Do you toast the nuts first.

Melt 2 tbsp of apricot jam and brush over the cake. Or you can go all out stack two cakes with buttercream and top with the fruit and nut crust. Brush a generous layer of apricot glaze onto the top of your christmas cake and then lay out the pattern with the dried fruit and nuts pressing down gently to stick into place. While the cake is in the oven make the fruit and nut topping.

Mix all the nuts cherries and syrup into the remaining cake mixture see tip overleaf. Melt the butter and golden syrup together then toss with the nuts dried fruit and seeds. Finally heat a little more jam and brush over the top of the nuts and cherries to give a shiny finish. 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.

Spoon into the cake tin and smooth the top. 3 sift the flour and spices together and gently mix into the cake mixture until well incorporated. Cut the dried apricots and peaches in half and place in a bowl with cherries almonds and brazil nuts. Remove from the oven and cool.

Is it a special glaze or just sugar cornflour and water. While it bakes bake the fruit and nut topping. Using a pastry brush brush the top of the cake with jam and arrange your fruit on top starting with the bigger pieces dotting the smaller fruits and nuts in and around the gaps. Glazed fruit and nut topping place brazil nuts and almonds on a baking tray and place in a preheated 200 c oven for approximately 5 minutes until the nuts are golden.

To decorate your christmas cake without marzipan you can either fill and ice a cake with the buttercream or you top the cake with the fruit and nut crust. Mix in the fruit chopped nuts ground almonds orange zest and and orange juice. Make the hot toddy cake see link right in a loose bottom tin holding back about 2 tbsp of the mix for later. Gently push the nuts and glace cherries on to the cake in any design you wish using the sticky jam as glue.

I also used dried apricots walnuts prunes dried cherries cranberries sultanas and orange peel. Finally brush the beautifully arranged nuts and lots more glaze then store the cake in a tin or polythene box until it s needed.