Glazed Fruit Christmas Cake

Add 1 1 2 teaspoons of water for every 1 4 of jam or preserved used.

Glazed fruit christmas cake.

Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid. Thank you dixie 349 add to cart. Stand to allow the topping to. Include about 1 4 cup of preserves or jam for every loaf sized fruitcake.

Every body makes fun of fruit cake. Remove from heat and strain through a sieve to remove any apricot pieces. I take a speedy approach. The glazed fruits pieces are colorful and pieces distinct not clumped together.

Dried fruit mixture for soaking in brandy. Glazed fruit christmas cake. Grandma s fruitcake old fashioned christmas fruit and nut cake recipe no citron or bitter candied fruit from beatrice bakery in 2lb ring in holiday gift box. While this cake is excellent sliced and eaten just as it is it is great as a dessert.

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. Pour the fruit preserves or jam into a small saucepan. So i raided their baking section to come up with the ingredients for my glazed fruit and nut topping. Ruth clemens baker extraordinaire.

Leave to set then decorate with a ribbon. Unless you love fruit cake. Arrange the fruit and nuts on top in neat rows or higgledy piggledy. 30g dried apricots finely chopped.

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 the glazed fruits and nuts over the top of the cake to decorate. The key step that makes this so much faster to make than other fruit cakes is the fruit soaking step most recipes call for dried fruit to be soaked overnight. Next fold in the flour chopped almonds cinnamon and then fruit with any juices left in the bowl and treacle.

Finally brush the beautifully arranged nuts and lots more glaze then store the cake in a tin or polythene box until it s needed. If the top is uneven trim with a sharp knife to make a flat surface. Line a cake tin roughly 9 x 3 pour the batter into the lined tin and bake for 6hrs and 20 mins on gas mark 1. Christmas cake with glazed fruit nuts.

And here s how the making part goes down. When it comes to serving time transfer it to a plate or clean cake card and wrap a ribbon around the side. Using a pastry brush or tablespoon glaze the toppings with more jam. When cool pour over the fruits and nuts and mix to glaze.

Scroll down for my naked christmas cake with glazed nuts and cherries. Sliced and then warmed up with a near instant sauce of hot orange juice brandy and a little sugar poured over. Place the cake on a board or flat surface.