Can I make a Christmas cake?

ClaireLR

A few weeks ago I made my Xmas puds and have lots of ingredients left which I don't know what to do with. I was wonderng if anyone had a recipe for Christmas cake which uses all/some of these please......

SR flour
dark muscovado sugar
chopped nuts
mixed dried fruit
glace cherries
mixed spice
cinnamon
sultanas
brandy and sherry

does anyone have a recipe please! If not for Christmas cake for another kind of fruity/boozy cake would be good please

Fen1

Usual suspects: deliaonline, waitrose.com , uktvfood.
Bound to be something in that lot.

brazilianwax

Nigella's chocolate christmas cake is FAAAAAAABULOUS! And you don't need to make it ages ahead of time

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/chocolatefruitcake_84675.shtml

ClaireLR

Thanks brazillian, might make that one another time looks yum, I havent got all the ingredients to do it today

I have found a recipe but it calls for plain flour, I only have self raising, does that make much difference? and also asks for eggs, which I dont have, is there anything else I could use in place of egg?

Thanks

ka7e

I made Nigella's Choc Fruit cake today. I made 2 last year as the first was a test to see if we liked it!
It also makes a great alternative to Christmas pud - heat a slice in the microwave and eat with thick cream.

ClaireLR

I made my cake, I used milk instead of eggs and the SR flour

It tastes nice but is very very crumbly! I have sat it on the side covered in cling film and drowned it in whiskey, cant wait to have a slice!

brazilianwax

Well done you!!! :beer: