Decorated Christmas Cake

The tradition of decorating Christmas cakes dates back to ancient Roman times, where they would use fruits and nuts to adorn the cake.

This is vegetarian recipe. Dish can be prepared in 210 minutes. Recipe requires some culinary experience (medium difficulty). Number of ingredients: 13.

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Decorated Christmas Cake

Cooking Method: Baking Cuisine: British, Western Courses: Cake, Dessert Recipe Keys: Vegetarian

Difficulty: Intermediate Prep Time 30 min Cook Time 60 min Rest Time 120 min Total Time 3 hrs 30 mins

Servings: 12 Calories: 4800

Best Season: Winter

Ingredients

Servings

• 200 gram Butter
• 200 gram Caster sugar
• 4 unit Eggs
• 200 gram Self-raising flour
• 100 gram Ground almonds
• 200 gram Mixed dried fruit
• 50 gram Candied peel
• 50 gram Cherries
• 1 teaspoon Almond extract
• 2 tablespoon Apricot jam
• 200 gram Icing sugar
• 500 gram Marzipan
• 10 drop Food coloring

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
4. Add the self-raising flour, ground almonds, mixed dried fruit, candied peel, cherries, and almond extract. Mix until well combined.
5. Grease and line a round cake tin with parchment paper. Pour the cake batter into the tin and smooth the top.
6. Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
7. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the tin for 10 minutes. Then transfer it to a wire rack to cool completely.
8. Once the cake is completely cooled, brush the top with apricot jam.
9. Roll out the marzipan on a surface dusted with icing sugar. Carefully cover the cake with the marzipan.
10. Divide the icing sugar into separate bowls and add food coloring to each bowl to create different colors.
11. Roll out each colored icing sugar and cut out shapes using cookie cutters.
12. Decorate the cake with the icing sugar shapes.
13. Allow the decorations to set before serving.

Nutrition Facts

Servings 12

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Amount Per Serving

Calories 400kcal

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 18g28%

Total Carbohydrate 55g19%

Sugars 40g

Protein 4g8%

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* The Percentage Daily Values are calculated from a 2,000 calorie diet. Your specific daily value may vary, depending on your individual calorie requirements.