Fruit And Nut Glazed Christmas Cake Recipe

Finish the cake by brushing everything with a final coat of the apricot glaze to give it a lovely gloss.

Fruit and nut glazed christmas cake recipe.

I adapted a standard fruit cake recipe to make it vegan for a cake club evening with the theme. Place the cake on a board or flat surface. If the top is uneven trim with a sharp knife to make a flat surface. Scroll down for my naked christmas cake with glazed nuts and cherries.

Don t worry about the keeping quality of this glaze we have stored glazed cakes for three months and they were still in beautiful condition. Wrap a festive ribbon around the cake. The best fruit cake recipe you ll ever make. Glazed vegan fruit cake i will freely admit that i haven t made a vegan cake before but i have eaten some lovely ones.

Wrap in sherry or triple sec soaked cheesecloth for at least a week for best flavor. Vary the selection of fruit and nuts for the topping as desired. Countdown has a fantastic range of nuts and dried fruit in their baking section and leading up to christmas so many of them are on price lockdown or special. Using a pastry brush brush the top of the cake with jam and arrange your fruit on top starting with the bigger pieces dotting the smaller fruits and nuts in and around the gaps.

Stand to allow the topping to stick. Christmas cake with glazed fruit nuts. Easy christmas fruit and nut cake everyday healthy recipes orange juice walnuts sugar flour vegetable oil dried cranberries and 5 more foie gras terrine with dried cranberries and pistachios on dine chez nanou. Take out of the tin and remove baking parchment.

Let cool in tin for 15 minutes. Bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes or until cake tests done. A traditional moist fruit cake made with rum soaked dried fruit citrus zest and candied ginger. Brush golden syrup over the top and sides of cake.

It turns cynics into converts. Add eggs to fruit mixture. Pour batter into prepared tin making sure to press the mixture very firmly into the tin to eliminate air bubbles. If you ve ever tried making your own christmas cake at home you will know the trials and tribulations of trying to decorate said cake with marzipan and roayl icing.

This fruit cake recipe yields 2 loaf cakes. Finally brush the beautifully arranged nuts and lots more glaze then store the cake in a tin or polythene box until it s needed.