Hi I am looking for a nice rich moist tried and true christmas cake recipe.
jacben,
Nov 25, 2:36pm
thank you this will be great
jacben,
Nov 25, 2:39pm
if I dont have feijoa what can I use.
gardie,
Nov 26, 5:35pm
Absolutely anything goes - you can do a bit of matching. If I use traditional fruit, I use brandy but if I add in dried apricots, cranberries, etc, I tend to use something less traditional - like the feijoa vodka or peach schnapps etc. Anything goes really - its all about choosing what you'd like.
cookessentials,
Nov 27, 4:25am
I use the wooden cake box and the wooden cake box co recipe.
bluetigerrr,
Nov 28, 9:17am
This Christmas cake has a tin of condensed milk in it, so it is pretty moist - and delicious. You can keep sprinkling/pouring alcohol into/onto it as much as you like up until the day :)
Hilary Barry's Christmas Cake - Woman's Day (14.12. 2009)
INGREDIENTS:
225 g butter, melted 1 cup hot water 1tb white wine vinegar 2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp mixed spice 1kg dried fruit 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1tsp baking soda ¼ cup sherry 1tsp vanilla extract 2¼ cup self-raising flour sifted ¼ cup whole almonds to decorate Brandy to douse
METHOD:
1. Preheat oven to 140c on fan bake. 2. Place butter, hot water, vinegar, cinnamon, mixed spice and dried fruit into a large saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring regularly. 3. Remove from heat and stir in condensed milk and baking soda. 4. Allow to cool to room temperature. 5. Line a deep-sided 20cm round cake tin with non-stick baking paper. 6. Add sherry and vanilla to cooled mixture. 7. Stir in sifted flour. 8. Pour into prepared cake tin and decorated with almonds. 9. Bake for 2 to 2½hours. 10. Cool completely before removing from cake tin. 11. Prick with a skewer and douse with brandy if desired.
cgvl,
Nov 28, 9:51am
I have a really nice rich one that I posted sometime ago. Not sure if its still around I do know it went onto a website. Not sure if there is still alink to the recipes though but I will have a look.
pamellie,
Nov 28, 5:02pm
I make Alison Holst's 'Peter's Special Xmas Cake'. (I think that's it's correct name). It is dark, moist, fruity and delicious!
jacben,
Nov 29, 11:33am
Cake turned out fantastic - many thanks
teddy147,
Nov 29, 12:48pm
yes this one, I have my second mix on the table doing its thing.
clair4,
Nov 29, 1:05pm
pamelie where can I have a look at this recipe? Am making her pineapple xmas cake at the moment. Small tins in the oven right now.
Thanks pamellie. Will make this one next week and put into the freezer till winter. Many thanks.
griffo4,
Nov 29, 6:22pm
l made this cake recently and it has all gone now but it was a really nice tasty cake the recipe came out on a pamphlet at Pak N Save using her Gourmet Cake mix, this mix had figs, dates & chocolate but it would be nice with fruit cake mix lt was a nice rich cake and moist
I like it because it has no cherries or peel in it but that mix sounds nice especially the chocolate!
griffo4,
Nov 30, 7:37am
yes it is a nice mix but l will make it again with the dried fruit and see what it tastes like, not this year l have made too many already
cgvl,
Nov 30, 8:08am
does anyone have a link to Trademe cooks (think that was the name) I had posted my xmas cake recipe there and as my books are still all packed awaiting moving day I really would like the recipe TIA
bev00,
Nov 30, 8:28pm
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bev00,
May 23, 7:14pm
Sadly Trademe cooks has long gone - so too has votemenot and all the lovely recipes with them :(
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