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Christmas cake recipes - 12 recipes

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The night before you want to bake these 'Christmas pudding' buns combine the flour, yeast, sugar, salt and citrus z...

  • For the dough
  • 400 g strong white bread flour
  • 7 g sachet of dried fast action yeast
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • zest of 1 orange
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 250 ml semi-skimmed milk
  • 100 g unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 large free range egg
  • oil for kneading
  • For the filling
  • 1.5 tightly packed cups of sultanas (or a mixture or currants, raisins and sultanas)
  • 5 tbsp lemon juice
  • 3 tbsp demerara sugar
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 100 g mixed citrus peel
  • 100 g glace cherries, chopped into quarters at least
  • 1 handful flaked blanched almonds
3.4/5 (127 Votes)

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To make the three tiers of sponge I first creamed together 375g butter and 375g caster sugar

  • For the cake:
  • 375g butter
  • 375g caster sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 3 tbsp brandy
  • 375g self raising flour
  • 1 jar mincemeat (or make it yourself)
  • For the icing:
  • 400g icing sugar
  • 150g butter
  • 3 or 4 tbsp brandy
2.7/5 (154 Votes)

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The Yule Log is an iconic cake which is often made at Christmas? But why? Where on earth did someone get the idea

  • For the Sponge:
  • 115g/ 3 Eggs
  • 70g water
  • 100g plain flour
  • 6g baking powder
  • 150g caster sugar
  • 2 g salt
  • 25g flour
  • 25g cocoa powder
  • For the Icing:
  • 375g/ about 6 egg whites
  • 250g Caster Sugar for egg whites
  • 375g caster sugar
  • 250g butter diced
  • 300g icing sugar
  • 250g Chocolate (I used milk chocolate)
4.1/5 (24 Votes)

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Soak the raisins for 15 mins in hot Christmas tea then drain them

  • 200 gr flour + baking powder
  • 100 gr of caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 glass of milk
  • 1 cup of oil
  • 50 grams of nuts
  • 50 gr of hazelnuts
  • 50 gr raisins
4.4/5 (20 Votes)

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Mix the flour, baking powder, bread crumbs, butter, salt and brown sugar in a bowl

  • 150g flour
  • 150g breadcrumbs
  • 200g butter
  • 150g of brown sugar
  • 150ml of milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 500g raisins, soaked and drained (Smyrna, Corinth and Malaya)
  • 300g candied fruit (cherries and lemon zest, grapefruit and orange)
  • 12 chopped prunes
  • 60g chopped almonds
  • 1/2 grated nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 sachet of baking powder
  • cognac or brandy
4.4/5 (36 Votes)

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Mix all fruit, peel, nuts and lemon rind with brandy and leave overnight

  • Round 17.5cm/7in Round 20cm/8in Round 22.5cm/9in
  • Square 15cm/6in Square 17.5cm/7in Square 20cm/8in
  • gram gram gram
  • Currants 100 150 200
  • Sultanas 100 150 200
  • Raisins 150 225 275
  • GlaceCherries 50 75 100
  • Mixed cut peel 50 75 100
  • Mix chopped nuts 50 75 100
  • Lemon rind (5ml/tsp) 1 1.5 2
  • Brandy(15 ml/tbsp) 1.5 2 2.5
  • Plain flour 125 200 250
  • Mixed spice(5ml/tsp) 1 1.5 1.75
  • Ground Almonds 25 50 60
  • Soft brown sugar 100 175 225
  • Butter 100 175 225
  • Black treacle(15ml/tbsp.)1 1 1.5
  • Eggs 3 4 5
4/5 (25 Votes)

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Preheat the oven to 200 ° C (gas mark 6)

  • 375 g flour
  • salt
  • 50 g sugar
  • 1/2 sachet of vanilla sugar
  • 20 g fresh yeast baker
  • 13 ml of milk
  • 1 whole egg
  • 75 g butter
  • 100 g raisins
  • 100 g of orange and lemon confit
  • 75 g chopped almonds
  • Supplement: you can add a pinch of cinnamon, ginger and cardamom.
  • To glaze:
  • 1 egg yolk
  • For the filling: sugar in unlimited quantities
4.3/5 (19 Votes)

Put the raisins in a small saucepan with the rum

  • - 150 g butter, softened (+ 15g for the tin)
  • - 150 g of sugar
  • - 200 g of flour
  • - 2 tablespoons of cocoa
  • - 150 g sultanas
  • - 5 cl of rum
  • - 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • - 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • - 1/2 tsp of 4 spices
  • - 1 pinch of salt
2.8/5 (83 Votes)

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A cupcake treat perfect for those magical wintery nights leading up to Christmas

  • Ingredients:
  • For the sponge;
  • 80g unsalted butter
  • 1/2 tsp ground/finely grated nutmeg
  • 1tsp vanilla paste
  • 280g caster sugar
  • 240g plain flour
  • 240ml whole milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1tbsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • For the frosting;
  • 500g icing sugar
  • 160g unsalted butter
  • 40ml milk
  • 3 tbsp spiced rum (I used the Sailor Jerry brand)
  • 1-2 tsp grated nutmeg for decoration
  • decorations (optional) I made cut outs of Christmas trees, holly, and Christmas Baubles out of ready to roll regal coloured icing
3.4/5 (12 Votes)

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this is another passed down recipe been in the family for years, great for making beautiful centerpieces at parties

  • 650g/1lb 7 oz dried mixed fruit (or a combination of currants, raisins and sultanas)
  • 75g/3oz glace cherries (chopped)
  • 50g flaked almonds (omit and use extra dried dried fruit for a nut free cake)
  • Grated zest of 1/2 an orange and 1/2 a lemon
  • 215g/7.5oz plain flour
  • 1/2 tsp mixed spice
  • 175g/6oz butter (softened)
  • 175g/6oz sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2-3 tbsp brandy (or cherry brandy)
2.1/5 (99 Votes)

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