Christmas Cake

This classic french christmas cake is made in the shape of a yule log.

Christmas cake. This recipe is started in october or november so as to let it mellow before the holidays. The christmas cake largely displaced the previously popular twelfth night cake during the victorian era. Whether you are looking to make a traditional christmas cake or are looking for something a bit new nigella has plenty of easy christmas cake recipes for you to try. A stunning cake that uses the boiling method to plump up dried fruit.

I remember very well my mother storing her fruit cake in an old butter churn that belonged to my grandmother and great grandmother. 1 rating 5 0 out of 5 star rating. This cake is a rich dark moist fruit cake very flavorful at christmas. For a christmas centre piece try nigella s spruced up vanilla cake or yule log.

If you re making and decorating a christmas cake for the first time. For an extra impressive presentation don t forget the coffee meringue mushrooms. This is a swiss roll that is coated in chocolate resembling a log. Serve warm with whipped cream flavored with liqueur.

Shop jelly roll pans. However the american version of fruitcake often differs significantly from british christmas cake which is typically a moist dense fruitcake draped in fondant. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch. A cake that may also be served at christmas time in the united kingdom in addition to the traditional christmas cake is the cake known as a yule log or chocolate log.

A cake with lots of candied dried fruits in them a spicy sweet flavor profile and the presence of an alcohol such as rum. Pressed laffy taffy leaves lend a festive touch. Enchanted forest christmas cake. Grease a 20cm 8inch round or an 18cm 7inch square cake tin and line the bottom and sides with baking parchment.

Dense moist cake reminiscent of the victorian dessert this figgy pudding was the perfect finale to a chestnut stuffed christmas goose dinner. Christmas cake and fruitcake often refer to the same thing. Christmas candy cupcakes enjoy tiny treats with trimmings such as m m s and marshmallows.