Content

• Ingredients
• For the cake:
• For the topping:
• To step
• Method 1 of 2: Making the cake
• Tips
• Necessities

Are you looking for a cake that really belongs to Christmas? Try the following recipe for making a traditional English Christmas cake, with fruit in alcohol and almonds. You can bake this cake days before Christmas.

Ingredients

For the cake:

• 28 g almonds
• 227 g currants
• 227 g golden raisins
• 227 g raisins
• 28 g glazed cherries, quartered (or Maraschino cherries)
• 57 g mixed candied peel
• Grate of 1 lemon zest
• Grate of 1 orange peel
• 3 tbsp. good brandy
• 1 cup of plain flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. for all herbs / spices
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 tbsp. molasses
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 4 eggs, room temperature

For the topping:

• 200 g marzipan
• 1 to 2 tbsp. warm apricot jam
• 3 proteins
• 600 g icing sugar, sifted
• 1-1 / 2 tsp. liquid (optional)
• 1 tbsp. lemon juice, freshly squeezed

To step

Method 1 of 2: Making the cake

1. Serve.

Tips

• Treacle is a syrup made during the processing of sugar, similar to Gouda syrup and molasses. If you can't find a treacle, replace it with an equal amount of molasses. Gouda Syrup is somewhat thinner and can change the batter.

Necessities

• Food processor
• Bowl
• Clean towel
• 8 "(20 cm) round baking pan
• Baking paper
• Spoon
• Toothpick
• Double wax paper
• Airtight drum
• Rolling pin
• Pastry brush
• Mixing bowl
• Mixer
• Spatula
• Christmas ornaments or dried fruits and nuts