Traditional Christmas Cake Ideas
by Lavender Stewart
When people think of Christmas cakes, they often think of fruit cakes. The thick cake with bits of fruit and nut and is sometimes aged with good brandy just screams Christmas. Many people look forward to it each year. Others, however, after years of eating the same cake, begin looking for something else, for different Christmas cake ideas.
If you are someone who is looking for some Christmas cake ideas, but don't exactly want to break the tradition and spirit of the season, then consider Stollen! It's a great cake of German origins and it is eaten during the holidays. Bread-like and fruit-cake like at the same time, it can be seen as a variation to what you've enjoyed year after year!
To make Stollen, you will need the following:
3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cups raisins
1 cups almonds (ground)
1 cups cream cheese
1 cup candied orange peel (chopped)
2/3 cup butter (cold)
cup icing sugar
cup sugar
cup currants
cup butter (melted)
9g vanilla sugar
8g baking powder
5 drops lemon flavoring
4 drops almond flavoring
1 bottle rum flavoring
2 eggs
1 cups raisins
1 cups almonds (ground)
1 cups cream cheese
1 cup candied orange peel (chopped)
2/3 cup butter (cold)
cup icing sugar
cup sugar
cup currants
cup butter (melted)
9g vanilla sugar
8g baking powder
5 drops lemon flavoring
4 drops almond flavoring
1 bottle rum flavoring
2 eggs
Instructions:
1) Grease a 15€ by 10€ jelly roll pan with some butter.
2) In a large bowl, sift all your dry ingredients, except the whole fruit and nuts, together till you get an even consistency and each of the ingredients are well blended.
3) Add the flavoring and the eggs, and knead with your hands. Try adding a bit the wet ingredients a little at a time, making sure that you don't flood the dry ingredients. This will also help you control the mixture. Start with the eggs and drops of flavorings before moving on to the rum flavoring.
4) Take the cold butter and cream cheese and begin mixing it in with the dry ingredients. You can also use an electric mixer for this, but your hands are often better. What you want is a dough-like consistency. Once this is smooth, begin adding the nuts and fruit into your dough, kneading it till you feel there is a more or less even distribution
5) Put your dough into the jelly roll pan.
6) Bake in an oven that's been preheated to 160C for an hour.
7) As soon as it is out of the oven, brush the cake with melted butter and sift icing sugar on top.
2) In a large bowl, sift all your dry ingredients, except the whole fruit and nuts, together till you get an even consistency and each of the ingredients are well blended.
3) Add the flavoring and the eggs, and knead with your hands. Try adding a bit the wet ingredients a little at a time, making sure that you don't flood the dry ingredients. This will also help you control the mixture. Start with the eggs and drops of flavorings before moving on to the rum flavoring.
4) Take the cold butter and cream cheese and begin mixing it in with the dry ingredients. You can also use an electric mixer for this, but your hands are often better. What you want is a dough-like consistency. Once this is smooth, begin adding the nuts and fruit into your dough, kneading it till you feel there is a more or less even distribution
5) Put your dough into the jelly roll pan.
6) Bake in an oven that's been preheated to 160C for an hour.
7) As soon as it is out of the oven, brush the cake with melted butter and sift icing sugar on top.
8) You can store the cake in the refrigerator, but it is best served fresh from the oven. If this is not an option, simply heat up each slice before serving.
Other traditional Christmas cake ideas include rhum cake or butter cake topped with confectionary sugar. One of the great things about being able to bake is that during the holidays, you can make your presents to people! Good cakes are always appreciated, and it's one of those gifts you are sure will be used!
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If you look at the ingredients for a gluten- free cake
ReplyDeleteYou need to use:
3 1/3 cups of self-rising gluten-free flour (Dove Farm)
Instead of the original flavourings use:
Half freshly squeezed lemon juice
3 teaspoons of rum