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Christmas cake recipe | Blogmas

So here I am trying out blogmas. I do vlogmas over on my YouTube and would love to grow my blog too. I hope that you enjoy my content over the next 25 days leading up to the big day and would love you to give me a comment below on any.



We have a tradition in our house now which is to make our annual Christmas cake, its something that is important to me, to make memories with the children and teach them how to cook some yummy Christmas treats, something that they can pass on if they have families of there own.

This Christmas cake is a 6 inch round cake which works for our family as its just me and Lilly that eats it so far. I love the decorating of the cake too, this is the main part that Lilly loves as she gets some of the leftover icing and marzipan.

I'm not going to lie, its not the easiest bake but its well worth it if you like Christmas cake, and its rewarding when its done.

My Recipe

700g Mixed fruit (can be pre-soaked)
25g Ground Almonds
50g Glace cherries
150g Plain flour
1/2 tsp Mixed spice
150g Butter
150g Brown sugar
1/2 Lemon rind and juice
3 Standard eggs
100ml Rum/Brandy/Whisky (if fruit is not pre-soaked)
pack of marzipan
pack of white icing

How we create it
  • Firstly you need to preheat your oven to 200oc/gas mark 6.
  • Line sides and bottom of cake tin with double parchment paper and on the outside too using string to hold on.
  • Cream butter and sugar until fluffy then beat in one egg at a time, mix in a little flour if it starts to curdle, add the rind and juice from you lemon.
  • In another bowl mix together the flour, ground almonds and spice then toss in your fruit and glace cherries.
  • Add you fruit and flour mix to all your ingredients, if not pre-soaked add half the rum.
  • Place your mixture into your prepared tin and press down lightly.
Now here comes the slightly more complicated part
  • Place your cake onto a baking tray in the centre of your oven and turn down to 160oc/gas mark 3 for 1 hour
  • After that hour turn down to 150oc/gas mark 2 for another hour
  • After that hour turn down to 140oc/gas mark 1 for the final hour
  • After this you will need to check the cake every 30 minutes with a skewer until it comes out completely clean.
  • If you have not used pre-soaked fruit then feed the cake daily for the next week with the remainder of alcohol.
  • Lastly to decorate cover the cake in marzipan and icing.
If you do create this I would love to see it :)

Victoria x

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  1. rhian westburyDecember 5, 2022 at 7:52 AM

    It's nice to have traditions and things you do every year. My mum has made a Christmas cake a few times but it's not a regular yearly tradition x

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  2. JennyDecember 7, 2022 at 10:44 AM

    We love making a Christmas cake each year. We just need to ice and decorate ours!

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