Recipe for Christmas Cake

ralloctiger

Oh I thought we were not allowed to say the C word yet and I love tha people are talking cake. I try a different recipe each year and last years fig and honey C' cake was divine, also made a white C'cake bit expensive that one but very yummy all the same havnt found this years recipe but strangly when I sorted out my bookshelf I put all the C suplements and recipes and books to one side scary eh!!:rotfl:

ralloctiger

Ps Lizziemuffin try Delias Old Doverhouse Chutney cos you use Victoria plums (nearly in season ) we are still eating our from last year.
x

gailey_2

quick q about xmas cake.never made fancy trying dont even like stuff myself.
can you use fresh fruits or does it have to be dried.
how best to dry fruit im guessing oven maybe.

nannaC

meanmarie wrote: »

Butterfly Brain...love that recipe, but think that I would try Nanna Cs one as well....usual quantities I suppose NannaC?

Marie

Hi many thanks, here are the ingredients I use.
1lb 4oz mixed fruit, 8oz currants , 4oz glace cherries 4oz candied peel, 2oz almonds [either chopped of ground], 8oz plain flour, 8oz butter, 4oz castor sugar, 4oz soft dark brown sugar, 5 medium eggs, 1/2 tablespoon black treacle, 1/4 tsp mixed spice, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, pinch cinnamon, mean 1/4 cup tea, medium glug whiskey, same of sherry.

You can use the cheaper smart price dried fruit in this cake as cooking it first plumps it up beautifully.
Once cooked I feed with either brandy or Whiskey. :beer:

lizimuffin

Ps Lizziemuffin try Delias Old Doverhouse Chutney cos you use Victoria plums (nearly in season ) we are still eating our from last year.
x

Thanks for that I'll have a gander x

~GoodLife~

I would like to make a traditional but frugal Christmas cake this year. Does anyone have a lovely recipe that they would like to share with me?
Thank you very much!

McKneff

the best christmas cake I have ever come across is in the good old Bero Recipe Book, on sale at Morrisons etc for 99p.

Lots of other basic recipes in there too.

me-shelly

delia is always good. I'm doing this one http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/cuisine/exotic/caribbean/creole-christmas-cake.html
but traditional one one the site as well.

stiltwalker

I don't make a proper Christmas cake these days as i'm the only one that likes it but have always one Delia's from her complete cookbook and found that to be a a goodie, it's also the one my mum always uses. Don't know so much about it being frugal though as it's stuffed full of dried fruit which can be expensive (although is does go a long way). One way of cutting the price is if you have a Julian Graves near to you they tend to have a sale day (sometimes 2 or 3 days) when loads of things are half price and you can stock up then. HTH

jollymummy

I made my first ever Christmas cake this year and I used my trust old Bero recipe book too. We're not keen on mixed peel so I doubled the quantities of cherries instead. It's in a cake tin now and I'm sprinkling brandy on it every week - can't wait to scoff it, it smells delish
PS I do loads of recipes from the book with my 5 year old son too, my Mum and Granny always used Bero books.