Recipe for Christmas Cake

Linda32

Hiya,

Please can I ask, does anyone have a receipe for a 1lb loaf tin christmas cake.
Or explain how to scale down a 8" cake tin receipe.

The reason I ask, is we're not big cake eaters here, but I'd like to make an xmas cake. An 8" one would last so long here, that I think we'ed still have it at Easter, I know it would no doubt keep until then. But we wouldn't really want it.

I've seen the lb sized cakes in Tesco for about £2.00, but I'd like to make my own, I know you all understand :T

mambury

Oh me too!! I want to make a couple of 1lb cakes as presents (baked bean tin too small, full size cake too big!!)

janb5

A true Christmas cake is not ` frugal` because the ingredients are so expensive. How about doing this one which is very reliable and you could always freeze in prepartion for Christmas.

I have used it countless times and it cooks like a dream.


Saucepan Cake

This makes a very moist fruit cake. However, it only keeps for about 2 weeks at most. Can be frozen.

7” square or 8” round tin lined with greaseproof paper.

1 lb mixed dried fruit(8 oz sultanas, 8 oz raisins, 4 oz currants)
8 oz butter or margarine
6 oz caster sugar
3 eggs, beaten
12 oz SR flour
1 tsp almond essence (optional)


Put fruit in saucepan, cover with cold water and boil for 10 mins. Drain fruit well, put back in saucepan with butter and melt over very low heat. Take off heat and add sugar and eggs. Beat well, then add flour and essence and beat well again. Pour into tin and bake in oven for 1 hour at 300 * F (150*C (then a further hour at 250*F (1340*C)

Let me know how you get on with it.

Jan

be_beaney

Hi sorry to hijack the thread but does anyone have any suggestion for an alcohol free christmas cake?

Many Thanks
be x

sofababe

Linda32 wrote: »

Hiya,

Please can I ask, does anyone have a receipe for a 1lb loaf tin christmas cake.
Or explain how to scale down a 8" cake tin receipe.

The reason I ask, is we're not big cake eaters here, but I'd like to make an xmas cake. An 8" one would last so long here, that I think we'ed still have it at Easter, I know it would no doubt keep until then. But we wouldn't really want it.

I've seen the lb sized cakes in Tesco for about £2.00, but I'd like to make my own, I know you all understand :T

The recipe I have is for a 8" square or 9" round tin and says to halve the mixture for a 6" square or 7" round tin.

HTH

zippychick

Hi Goodlife

there is an Old style prep thread for christmas 2010



Here's a load of links from the index i created in that thread.


Recipe for christmas cake (i'll mege this later)

Iced marzipan - my first cake

when is the right time to make a christmas cake

HM alcohol free christmas pud

Christmas pudding recipes?

Christmas pudding in slow cooker - is it possible?

Shortbread recipe

How do you use brandy butter?

Trifle

HM custard

What can i do with custard

Baileys cheesecake

tanith

be_beaney wrote: »

Hi sorry to hijack the thread but does anyone have any suggestion for an alcohol free christmas cake?

Many Thanks
be x

Just don't put any alcohol in one of the recipes here..

Spicey

be_beaney wrote: »

Hi sorry to hijack the thread but does anyone have any suggestion for an alcohol free christmas cake?

Many Thanks
be x

Most microwave recipe xmas cakes dont use alcohol

zippychick

be_beaney wrote: »

Hi sorry to hijack the thread but does anyone have any suggestion for an alcohol free christmas cake?

Many Thanks
be x

This thread may help:

alcohol free xmas cake?

butterflylady

Evening all,

I am hoping to make my first Christmas Cake, well actually my first cake of sort!!

So I am hoping that someone has an easy (very easy!!) christmas cake recipe which I can make in the next couple of days and keep till Christmas.

Thanks in advance

Butterfly