Fruit And Nut Glazed Christmas Cake Recipe

Wrap a festive ribbon around the cake.

Fruit and nut glazed christmas cake recipe.

Brush golden syrup over the top and sides of cake. Pour batter into prepared tin making sure to press the mixture very firmly into the tin to eliminate air bubbles. Take out of the tin and remove baking parchment. 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.

The best fruit cake recipe you ll ever make. Add eggs to fruit mixture. Place the cake on a board or flat surface. Wrap in sherry or triple sec soaked cheesecloth for at least a week for best flavor.

Let cool in tin for 15 minutes. Easy christmas fruit and nut cake everyday healthy recipes orange juice walnuts sugar flour vegetable oil dried cranberries and 5 more foie gras terrine with dried cranberries and pistachios on dine chez nanou. Countdown has a fantastic range of nuts and dried fruit in their baking section and leading up to christmas so many of them are on price lockdown or special. Bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes or until cake tests done.

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. A traditional moist fruit cake made with rum soaked dried fruit citrus zest and candied ginger. It turns cynics into converts. So i raided their baking section to come up with the ingredients for my glazed fruit and nut topping.

And there were certainly some gorgeous cakes at the meeting. Spoon the glazed fruits and nuts over the top of the cake to decorate. If the top is uneven trim with a sharp knife to make a flat surface. This fruit cake recipe yields 2 loaf cakes.

Vary the selection of fruit and nuts for the topping as desired. Finish the cake by brushing everything with a final coat of the apricot glaze to give it a lovely gloss. Christmas cake with glazed fruit nuts. Glazed vegan fruit cake i will freely admit that i haven t made a vegan cake before but i have eaten some lovely ones.

If you ve ever tried making your own christmas cake at home you will know the trials and tribulations of trying to decorate said cake with marzipan and roayl icing. Scroll down for my naked christmas cake with glazed nuts and cherries.