How to make the Best Christmas Cake in the World!

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Ingredients
300g natural-colour glacé cherries, washed and halved
250g sultanas
350g raisins
350g currants
100g mixed peel
40g glacé ginger (or finely chopped stem ginger if you have trouble getting hold of it)
200g salted butter
200g molasses sugar
200g plain flour
4 medium free range eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
A Pinch of ground cloves
½ teaspoon mixed spice
160 ml brandy, plus more to feed (about 100ml’s)
75 ml vodka
Method:
Preheat the oven to 140°C fan (275°F/Gas 1).
Grease, base and side line an 8” round solid base cake tin (min 3” depth)
Place the dried fruit, peel and glace ginger into a large bowl and mix.
Place the butter and sugar in a small, microwave-safe bowl and heat for 1 minute at a time, stirring with a whisk at each interval, to mix the butter and sugar together.
Beat the eggs together with the vanilla extract.
Add the spiced flour to the fruit and mix.
Tip the warm butter and sugar mix into the fruit and mix well. Add the beaten egg and mix well. Finally add your brandy and vodka. STIR UP AND MAKE A WISH ✨ 💫
Pop in the oven and bake for 1 hour, then turn the heat down to 125°C (250°F/Gas 1/2) and continue to bake until completely cooked through. This will take approximately 2-2 ½ hours, depending on your oven. Check that a sharp knife or a skewer comes out almost clean.
Whist still hot, spike all over the cake with a skewer and pour over more brandy to soak the cake.
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Once cooled, double wrap in parchment and then wrap in strong foil. You can eat this after a week but ideally make a few weeks before you need it, and you can store it in a cool dry place for up to a year, feeding with extra brandy if you wish on occasion.

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@merk9569 9 ай бұрын

I hope no one lights a match close by! It looks perfect, like the ones my mother and grandmother made! They also used homemade scuppernong wine to “soak” it for two months. They wouldn’t taste a drop of alcohol their entire lives or allow it in the house but come fruitcake time, my uncles had to ask around to get the homemade wine that they wanted! I haven’t made one in years but am planning on it, even though it’s already past Christmas. Enjoyed your video!

@mohanparthasarathy6703 9 ай бұрын

Awesome… could you please share the measurements of each individual ingredients

@miteshparmar1972 10 ай бұрын

Looks delicious Juliet my favourite this morning chef x

@clariceoliveiraramos9703 Жыл бұрын

Nossa, deve ficar perfeito! Será\ que é muito alcoólico? Sou do Brasil e amo suas receitas!

@theunscraven2007 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video. Im going to bake it now! but Using kwv 5 year

@RoseMakeUpArtist 9 ай бұрын

Great wrapping method. Please share the size of your baking tins ❤

@felixjames7436 8 ай бұрын

Looking so good...

@pixiekidoBelle 8 ай бұрын

Strange that no one is upset or even angry for this self- gratified woman to show herself off instead of having the slightest decency to clearly list the ingredients for the viewers. Simply unbelievable!

@rachanareddy9021 10 ай бұрын

Looks amazing, what can I use to make a eggless version?

@aliceg6747 9 ай бұрын

1cup yoghurt or condensed milk

@merk9569 9 ай бұрын

@@aliceg6747. There are many vegan versions on KZbin. I have seen flaxseed eggs used and aquafaba. The one with aquafaba showed it being whipped into white foam peaks. I’m not willing to go to that much trouble so I will be using flaxseed or chia seed eggs. Good for the digestive system! Have you made one yet?

@afzalalikhan7273 9 ай бұрын

Egg should be beaten properly with electric beater or hand whisk is enough ?

@Vikki-Waiting-victoriagrace Жыл бұрын

Arhhhhhh love that !!!! Dashes to get her best of Christmas album …….😂

@JulietSear Жыл бұрын

'It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...'

@strikelee3369 10 ай бұрын

What kind of cake is this? Is it difficult to make? Id love to try

@merk9569 9 ай бұрын

This kind of cake has several names but in Britain, the US and Canada it is called Christmas fruitcake. In Britain it is also called Plum cake. There are many, many variations, including those that are vegan, gluten free and non alcoholic. Because I love rum cake and fruitcake, I am going to make one that I found on YT but as a vegan variety of Christmas rum fruitcake! Can’t be anything but delicious! The recipe my mother and her mother used was passed down in her family for generations. Her ancestors were from Great Britain so it looked exactly like this one going in to the oven. In countries where the English settled, you will find other varieties, too, but still similar to this. India, Australia, New Zealand, Guyana and the Caribbean have their own varieties. Look at the Caribbean Black Cake. It’s basically the same kind of cake but the fruit is soaked so long (up to a year) that the cake becomes black. I’ve never had it but it’s on my bucket list! If you want to try a really easy one to see if you like it, the Australians make one with three ingredients: self rising flour (has the salt and baking powder in it), mixed candied or dried fruit and orange juice. There are several YT videos that give the measurements. (Look up three ingredient fruitcake.). Some people use other juices, tea or milk in place of the orange juice. Hope this helps. Good baking! 😊