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Boozy Fruit for your Christmas Cake
Those of you that were already with me this time last year will know that now is the time to start on your Christmas Cake (yes, really!). … Read more...
Christmas Cake – Boozy Fruit Part 2
So you’ve been lovingly stirring your boozy fruit for the past few weeks and enjoying inhaling the fumes as you do so! Now it’s time to turn that jar of loveliness into this years Christmas Cake. If you missed the Boozy Fruit post you can find it here, get going with it now, even a weeks soaking is going to create some Christmas Magic!… Read more...
Boozy Christmas Fruit
Yes yes, I’m ready for you to lynch me with all your squeals of ‘it’s nowhere near Christmas’. I don’t care I love Christmas, the sooner the mince pies are in the shops the better as far as I’m concerned! I’ve got my tree up already – haven’t you?… Read more...
Christmas Cake, Time to Bake!
Here is your friendly Pink Whisk reminder service to say it’s time to bake that Boozy Fruit into a glorious Christmas Cake (that’s if you haven’t done already!)
All the cake making instructions are here including how to split your mixture into different sized tins.… Read more...
Time to Get Your Christmas On!
Yes, really it’s that time of year!
For those of you who’ve baked Christmas cake with me the past few years you’ll already know that I soak my fruit for a good length before baking it into a cake. Well now’s the time to mix it up (if you haven’t done already).… Read more...
Christmas Cake Baking Time!
The time has come! You’ve been lovingly stirring and looking after your boozy fruit and after six weeks soaking it’s ready to be turned into your Christmas Cake!
Ingredients:
1 x Boozy Fruit Soak
225g butter, softened
150g light muscovado sugar
75g dark muscovado sugar
2 tbsps treacle
5 eggs, large
285g plain flour
2 tsp mixed cake spice
100g whole almonds (optional of course if you don’t like nuts!)… Read more...
Time to Start Your Christmas Cake
Oh yes, really it is!
Now’s the time to prep your dried fruit and set it soaking. In six weeks time it will be perfect to bake your cake with.
Of course if you’ve baked your Christmas cake with me before there’s the trusty original ‘Boozy Fruit’ soak. … Read more...
Time to Bake Your Christmas Cake
So you’ve been lovingly stirring your boozy fruit for the past few weeks and enjoying inhaling the fumes as you do so! Now it’s time to turn that jar of loveliness into this years Christmas Cake. If you missed the Boozy Fruit post you can find it here, get going with it now, even a weeks soaking is going to create some Christmas Magic!… Read more...
On the fourth day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me………ideas for decorating your Christmas Cake!
I feel like we’ve been working on our Christmas cakes for such a long time lovingly stirring boozy fruit, baking our precious cakes and feeding them with brandy it’s really exciting to be at the final stage – decorating!
For an 8″ cake you will need:
1 x 10″ cake board
500g marzipan
1kg ready to roll icing
2 tbsp apricot jam or marmalade
Unwrap your cake from the paper and foil you’ve been storing it in and set it on your worksurface.… Read more...
Berry Tea Loaf
A super quick recipe if you’re organised and soak the fruit the night before, just do it when you’re brewing up. I created this when I had an urge to bake tea loaf, but went to the cupboard to find I’d used most of my dried fruit for the vat of boozy fruit I’ve got on the go. … Read more...
