I'm not a big fan of fruit cake - certainly I never was - and I always found the one that appeared at the family Christmases of my childhood to be too dry (may be it was actually the same cake form year to year
Recipe Junkie and the Attack of the Custard Creams
After a minor panic when I couldn't remember where in the beautifully ordered cupboards the box of decorating bits had gone, including the heirloom Father Christmas and Polar Bear, all was well, and I went for marzipan and icing stars, all sprayed liberally with silver shimmer
Recipe Junkie and the Attack of the Custard Creams
If you’re a Christmascake fan now is the time to make one. Once it’s done, it should feel springy in the centre if lightly touched and a cake tester inserted into the centre comes out clean
Its’ such an integral part of Christmas for me – I couldn’t imagine the season without making one. I usually actually make two loaf sized Christmas fruit cakes as G doesn’t like the marzipan or icing – so one stays plain and the other gets decorated
Add the orange zest and juice, black treacle and beat in the eggs one at a time. Instead of making a regular Christmascake, these mini versions are perfect for gifts
Mini Snow Flake ChristmasCake. Fleur from Homemade by Fleur, has been so busy lately, but she still managed make her first Christmas recipe for her blog this year, and submitted this delicious chocolate gingerbread with figs for TTT – it looks just LUSH
In Poland you would find a lot of different cakes baked for Christmas, but none could be called "the ultimate Polish Christmascake", as it will hugely depend on the region of Poland, family traditions etc
Eccles cakes are named after the Manchester district in which they were first baked. Such a wonderful history, I've even found this incredible old photograph below of 'Ye Olde Thatche' supposedly the home of the Original Eccles Cakes
Set them over the cake and lessen with your hands, particularly down the edges to the base. But the cake made at home gives you more happiness then the ready-made one
I always make three cakes - one for Christmas Day and two to eat every day for tea until then. Christmascakes are made in many different ways, but generally they are variations on the classic fruitcake
Of course I love the cake but the marzipan has to be my favourite bit and so one of the best things about these Christmascake pops is the ball of marzipan in the centre
dome-shaped work particularly well here. If you just want to make these Christmassy bites, rather than a full-sized cake as well, you can make a one-egg mixture
This is a very simple and rather fun way to make Christmas puddings for chocolate fans. I used a half sphere mould to make them but you can also use cupcake cases and when they’re set you can then turn them upside down to get the shape
Hubby reckons it'd be great with vanilla ice cream and I see his reasoning, however I like it with creme fraiche as the slight tanginess of the creme fraiche is a lovely partner to the sweetness of the cake
I always bake my friends Jo and Teppo a Christmascake each year but last year they adopted a vegan diet so my challenge was to find a good vegan Christmascake recipe so that they could still enjoy a festive treat
Add some trees by colouring some icing green, shape into a cone shape and snip to make tree effect. I love Christmas time, I had made the actual Cherry Brandy ChristmasCake at the end of November and have fed it Brandy and Cherry Brandy weekly
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