Fruit And Nut Glazed Christmas Cake Recipe

This fruit cake recipe yields 2 loaf cakes.

Fruit and nut glazed christmas cake recipe. If the top is uneven trim with a sharp knife to make a flat surface. So i raided their baking section to come up with the ingredients for my glazed fruit and nut topping. The best fruit cake recipe you ll ever make. Pour batter into prepared tin making sure to press the mixture very firmly into the tin to eliminate air bubbles.

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. 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. Christmas cake with glazed fruit nuts. Take out of the tin and remove baking parchment.

Glazed vegan fruit cake i will freely admit that i haven t made a vegan cake before but i have eaten some lovely ones. Brush golden syrup over the top and sides of cake. Finally brush the beautifully arranged nuts and lots more glaze then store the cake in a tin or polythene box until it s needed. Let cool in tin for 15 minutes.

And there were certainly some gorgeous cakes at the meeting. Finish the cake by brushing everything with a final coat of the apricot glaze to give it a lovely gloss. 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. It turns cynics into converts.

Wrap a festive ribbon around the cake. Scroll down for my naked christmas cake with glazed nuts and cherries. 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. I adapted a standard fruit cake recipe to make it vegan for a cake club evening with the theme.

A traditional moist fruit cake made with rum soaked dried fruit citrus zest and candied ginger. Add eggs to fruit mixture. 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. Spoon the glazed fruits and nuts over the top of the cake to decorate.

Bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes or until cake tests done. Wrap in sherry or triple sec soaked cheesecloth for at least a week for best flavor.