Glazed Fruit Christmas 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.

Glazed fruit christmas cake.

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. Dried fruit mixture for soaking in brandy. Next fold in the flour chopped almonds cinnamon and then fruit with any juices left in the bowl and treacle. And here s how the making part goes down.

Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid. 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. If the top is uneven trim with a sharp knife to make a flat surface. 30g dried apricots finely chopped.

Leave to set then decorate with a ribbon. Glazed fruit christmas cake. Remove from heat and strain through a sieve to remove any apricot pieces. Using a pastry brush or tablespoon glaze the toppings with more jam.

Scroll down for my naked christmas cake with glazed nuts and cherries. How to make christmas cake. Thank you dixie 349 add to cart. 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.

Ruth clemens baker extraordinaire. So i raided their baking section to come up with the ingredients for my glazed fruit and nut topping. Include about 1 4 cup of preserves or jam for every loaf sized fruitcake. Spoon the glazed fruits and nuts over the top of the cake to decorate.

The glazed fruits pieces are colorful and pieces distinct not clumped together. While this cake is excellent sliced and eaten just as it is it is great as a dessert. I take a speedy approach. Glazed vegan fruit cake.

Wrap the cake in two pieces of clingfilm to stop the outside edge of the cake from drying out and store in a tin or tub large enough to accommodate it. Place the cake on a board or flat surface. Every body makes fun of fruit cake. When it comes to serving time transfer it to a plate or clean cake card and wrap a ribbon around the side.

Stand to allow the topping to. Christmas cake with glazed fruit nuts. Arrange the fruit and nuts on top in neat rows or higgledy piggledy. Sliced and then warmed up with a near instant sauce of hot orange juice brandy and a little sugar poured over.

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. Pour the fruit preserves or jam into a small saucepan. Add 1 1 2 teaspoons of water for every 1 4 of jam or preserved used.