Fruit And Nut Glazed Christmas Cake Recipe

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Fruit and nut glazed christmas cake recipe.

Finish the cake by brushing everything with a final coat of the apricot glaze to give it a lovely gloss. Brush golden syrup over the top and sides of cake. 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. Take out of the tin and remove baking parchment.

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. The best fruit cake recipe you ll ever make. A traditional moist fruit cake made with rum soaked dried fruit citrus zest and candied ginger. Wrap in sherry or triple sec soaked cheesecloth for at least a week for best flavor.

I adapted a standard fruit cake recipe to make it vegan for a cake club evening with the theme. Pour batter into prepared tin making sure to press the mixture very firmly into the tin to eliminate air bubbles. Spoon the glazed fruits and nuts over the top of the cake to decorate. Wrap a festive ribbon around the cake.

This fruit cake recipe yields 2 loaf cakes. And there were certainly some gorgeous cakes at the meeting. If the top is uneven trim with a sharp knife to make a flat surface. Glazed vegan fruit cake i will freely admit that i haven t made a vegan cake before but i have eaten some lovely ones.

Finally brush the beautifully arranged nuts and lots more glaze then store the cake in a tin or polythene box until it s needed. So i raided their baking section to come up with the ingredients for my glazed fruit and nut topping. Vary the selection of fruit and nuts for the topping as desired. Stand to allow the topping to stick.

Add eggs to fruit mixture. 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. Bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes or until cake tests done. Let cool in tin for 15 minutes.

Christmas cake with glazed fruit nuts. 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.