When making dense fruit cakes such as a Christmas cake, the batter needs to be heavy enough for the dried fruit and nuts to be suspended in it; if it's too thin the fruit will sink to the bottom.
These make the tiers to your cake, so stack them up. 3. Cut out some shapes from the other fruit. These could be stars, flowers, anything you like! Remember cutters can be sharp! 4. Now to decorate!
Fruit cake is perfect as a little treat with a cup of tea, and makes a fantastic centrepiece at any celebration too. We've made sure to include all the favourite fruit cake ingredients in this recipe ...
We make this light and fruity fruit cake with our Fairtrade breakfast tea, blended exclusively for us in partnership with Clipper, but you can use your own favourite tea in this recipe. Place the tea ...
Spread the golden syrup evenly over the fruit. Pour in the cake mixture. Bake for 40 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Cook's note: My mom taught me to bake when I was seven years old and ...
If it comes out clean the cake is cooked through. Remove the cake from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack. Finish with a light dusting of caster sugar. Learn how to make a traditional fruit ...