Quick query about making my own Christmas Cake

ellieo

daisiegg wrote: »

I think fruit juice would be fine, or maybe even very weak tea, but that would probably give it a bit of a tea taste (which I think might be quite nice!)

What about non alcoholic mulled wine, for those Christmassy flavours?

thanks may go for the mulled wine

Margaret52129

Hi, I've a glut of white bread flour (on a diet so no white bread!) and I'm planning to do my Xmas cake this weekend. Can I use the strong flour instead of just plain?

Got normal plain if not.

Thanks.

Soapy955

Do they still make that non-alcoholic, fruity, spicy drink called Norfolk Punch?? I used to always treat myself to a bottle if I saw it. I bet that'd be gorgeous in a fruit cake!

Turkishdreamer

I would of said no. The reason being, Bread flour has a lot of gluten in and this would give a much chewier texture. You may, of course, not mind the difference.

All purpose flour, or a mix or white and wholemeal would be fine, as they would balance each other.


HTH.

tessie_bear

i wouldnt use strong flour in a cake...that said how much does the recipe call for because if it is a small amount it might be ok....not sure id risk the other expensive ingredient tbh

scaredy_cat

make a stollen - http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/cuisine/european/english/stollen.html

http://www.waitrose.com/home/recipes/recipe_directory/w/whole_stollen.html

Margaret52129

Thanks for your replies - Made the christmas cake this afternoon, I decided to go with the plain flour as per the recipe, I decided it wasn't worth spoiling the cake.

Scaredy-cat - thanks for the recipe link, my daughter loves stollen, so I think I'll make some for her, especially as you can freeze it so I shouldn't be too tempted to eat it!

scaredy_cat

and make some as gifts!! very mse!

zippychick

ive merged this with our quick query on christmas cakes thread

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Plan_for_Chaos

I created my own Christmas cake yesterday, partly due to a glut of eggs, I can't stand eggs in anything other than cakes or biscuits you see. Anway the recipe was of my own creation, it followed the 225g rule (flour, sugar, butter and 4 eggs), however I had some mincemeat leftover, about 300g and shoved this in along with some mixed dried fruit about 450g (soaked in rum and orange juice), and baked for 3 hours as gas 2.

This morning I trimmed a few bits of (to check it was fine you understand) and it's still very moist, I brushed the sides (where I had cut) with some rum and then fed some more rum, I've wrapped in greaseproof paper, then foil and then tied it up in a large plastic food bag. Will my cake keep well like this?

On a similar note (I want to use up these eggs) I've seen a recipe for Mincemeat Cake (225g sr flour, 150g butter, 150g l brown sugar, 75g sultanas, 1lb jar of mincemeat, 2 eggs) from the looks of these ingredients the resulting cake will be less dense than your average Christmas cake, but will this keep (I do plan on adding a little brandy..) as well as your usual Xmas cake?