GRANNY'S ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS CAKE
Steps:
- 1. Put all your dried fruit into a bowl with the rind and juice of the orange and brandy. Leave overnight to plump up and absorb the alcohol. 2. Grease a round 20cm (8 inch) cake tin. Line the base and sides with 2 layers of baking parchment. Tie a double layer of brown paper (or newspaper) around the outside of the tin. 3. Preheat the oven to 150 C / Gas 2. 4. Cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs. Fold in the flour and spices, then add the fruit mixture and chpped nuts. Spoon the mixture into the the prepared tin. Bake for 3 hours in the preheated oven. 5. Cool in the tin. When room temperature, remove cake from tin and wrap in greaseproof paper and foil for 2-3 weeks (or whenever you need it, but best if at least 1 week). 6. To ice: Warm the apricot jam and spread over the cake. Add a layer of marzipan, and finally a layer of icing. Decorate as wished.
GRANNY CAKE I
This cake recipe is easy to make, using pineapple for a fruity cake and also makes a glaze that helps deliver a cake that is very moist.
Provided by Kitty
Categories Desserts Cakes Sheet Cake Recipes
Time 55m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Mix the eggs, undrained crushed pineapple, flour, 1 cup of the white sugar, baking soda, salt, and 1 teaspoon of the vanilla together and stir until just combined. Pour batter into one ungreased 9x13 inch baking pan.
- Combine the light brown sugar and the chopped nuts. Sprinkle over the top of the cake batter. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 35 minutes or until cake tests done. Remove cake from oven and pour topping over hot cake.
- To Make Topping: In a small saucepan combine the butter or margarine, the evaporated milk, the remaining 1/2 cup of the white sugar, and 1 teaspoon of the vanilla. Cook over medium low heat, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved. Mixture will be thin. Pour over hot cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 181.6 calories, Carbohydrate 29.5 g, Cholesterol 27.2 mg, Fat 6.4 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 2.5 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 189.8 mg, Sugar 21 g
GRANDMA'S CHRISTMAS CAKE
One bite of this old-fashioned spice cake will bring back memories. Loaded with raisins and nuts, it tastes extra special drizzled with the rich buttery sauce. -Linda Stemen, Monroeville, Indiana
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h10m
Yield 16 servings (2-2/3 cups sauce).
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, raisins, water and butter. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook, uncovered, until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat; cool., In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Add raisin mixture; beat until blended. Fold in pecans. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° until cake springs back when lightly touched, 45-55 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., For sauce, in a large saucepan, bring cream to a boil; stir in butter and sugar until smooth. Reduce heat; stir a small amount of hot liquid into egg yolks. Return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Cook until sauce is slightly thickened and coats the back of a spoon (do not boil). Remove from the heat; stir in brandy. Serve warm with cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 624 calories, Fat 35g fat (19g saturated fat), Cholesterol 124mg cholesterol, Sodium 271mg sodium, Carbohydrate 75g carbohydrate (49g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE
Christmas morning wouldn't be complete at our house without this yummy moist coffee cake. A streusel filling and topping sweetens the delightful cake, and red and green cherries add a festive touch. It's a perfect addition to any holiday breakfast buffet.
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 1h
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine the first five ingredients; mix well. Set aside. Drain cherries on paper towels. In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Fold in cherries., Pour half of the batter into a greased 9-in. springform pan; sprinkle with half of the pecan mixture. Top with remaining batter and pecan mixture. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen. Remove sides of pan just before serving.
Nutrition Facts :
GRANDMA'S BEST CHRISTMAS CAKE
This delightful Christmas cake is traditionally rich, moist and full of flavour, it's probably as old as the hills! It came from my mother's old hand written recipe book written well before the last World War. Mum told me that she got it from her mother and even then it was called mums best Christmas cake - so we wonder just how many generations this goes back. If only recipes could talk what tales they could tell. The only alteration I have made to this cake is to cut the eggs down from 6 to 5 as eggs these days are so big compared to years ago. The ingredients were carefully saved over a few months as rationing was on for many years and this cake always took pride of place for afternoon tea on Christmas day. This cake is so well worth taking the time to make it, I have cut down the amount of eggs to 5 as eggs these days are so much larger than they used to be.
Provided by JoyfulCook
Categories Fruit
Time 3h45m
Yield 12-14 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Warm margarine to room temperature Cream the sugars and margarine until smooth and creamy. Add one egg at a time mixing one tablespoon of the flour between each egg (this prevents curdling).
- Blanche Almonds if necessary then add ALL the ingredients EXCEPT the remaining flour stirring well then add the remaining flour folding in well.
- Line an 8-9 inch metal cake tin with greaseproof paper place the mixture in making a bit of a dip in the middle, by doing this the cake will come out more even.
- Cook in a slow oven 150c for approx 3 hours check with a satay stick through the centre to see if its cooked then tip out onto a cake rack to cool.
- I usually cook this in the early afternoon and leave overnight to cool completely, just to make sure that there is no heat in the centre as once you wrap it up if there is, it will sweat and can make the cake go mouldy.
- Wrap in two layers of Foil and keep in a cupboard. at the start of December prick the top of the cake lightly and dribble over a tot of Brandy, reseal and turn over two weeks later.
- Mums idea:.
- Line the tin as usual but also wrap brown paper around the outside tying it tightly with some string leaving the level of the paper higher than the cake so if necessary you can put some paper over the top to stop it browning too much toward the end of cooking.
- Cook this cake late October or Early November.
GRANNY'S CHRISTMAS COFFEE CAKE
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 10-inch Bundt pan or tube pan with butter, then dust with flour, shaking out any excess. For the batter: Sift together the 2 cups of flour, baking powder and salt onto a sheet of wax paper. Combine the 2 sticks of butter and the sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer or hand-held electric mixer; beat on low speed to incorporate, then on medium-high speed for about 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Reduce the speed to low; add the eggs one at a time, beating to combine each time. Add the sour cream and vanilla extract, beating to incorporate, then add the sifted flour mixture; beat until well combined. For the filling/topping: Combine the brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon in a small bowl; mix well. Use a spatula to transfer one-third of the batter to the pan, spreading it evenly. Spread three-quarters of the brown sugar mixture evenly over the batter. Cover evenly with the remaining batter, then top with the remaining one-quarter of the brown sugar mixture. (Alternatively, spread half of the batter evenly in the pan, then cover evenly with the filling mixture. Top with the remaining half of the batter.) Bake for 1 hour or until a tester inserted into the top half of the cake comes out clean. Cool;transfer to a serving plate. Per serving: 359 cal.; 4 g pro.; 42 g carb.; 20 g fat (10 sat., 8 monounsat., 2 polyunsat.); 64 mg chol.; 70 mg sod.; 1 g fiber; 28 g sugar; 50 percent calories from fat.
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