So yesterday we all gathered together
Me
My two sisters
My Mum
And my nephew who is 14
And of course Honey and Lea were never too far away from us
We all helped make it and mix it
And despite 3 addicts in the room
We added half a bottle of sherry
Well it is Christmas after all
To give you an idea of what we did
We soaked the fruit and almonds and orange zest in cherry for 24 hours
The next day we mixed the butter and sugar, almonds and eggs until the mixture was smooth
It's important to mix it thoroughly or else the cake could collapse in the oven
Or the fruit could sink
Once everything was mixed together
We popped it in the oven at 140 degrees for four hours
Checking it half way through and covering it with tinfoil so the top doesn't burn
Once cooked it smelled amazing
We let it stand on a wire tray until it cooled down
And tested it with a skewer to make sure it was cooked through
We now feed the cake with sherry at regular intervals
Making little holes through the cake
And pouring the alcohol in
The cake should be ready in 3-4 weels
We had a lovely time making it
And a good time was had by all
Here are some photos.......
But sherry is alcohol - can your nephew still have the cake?
ReplyDeleteIt looks delicious though :3 so it's fruitcake of some sort? I love fruitcake. My mum bought one as a christmas dessert once and it was delicious - very sweet, so it's just about right for me ;)
Love,
Christie
He'll probably just have a little taste Christie
DeleteI don't even know if I'll have some as I hate the taste of alcohol x
Aw, what a great idea to make it as a family. It's great to see that your nephew enjoys cooking.
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather was a chef, and used to make fruit cakes every year (he'd make them a whole year in advance!). My great aunt still makes them. I think she poaches or steams them though. Sadly, neither myself, my mum or my brother like fruit cake! I'm the only one who even eats dried fruit.
As Christie raised the subject of alcohol content, I thought I'd do a little math.
A 60ml serving of sherry is apparently 0.9 standard drinks, so 66.666ml for 1.0 standard drinks. Assuming it was half of a 700ml bottle, so roughly 350ml, there'd be 5.25 standard drinks in the entire cake.
P.S, sorry, I didn't realize you didn't have Eloise's link or I would've emailed it to you. Oops!
<3
xx
Wow.
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That Christmas cake looks amazing. I'm not a big fan of Christmas cakes to be honest, but my dad likes them so I'm thinking of baking little mini Christmas cakes using a muffin tin instead of making a big one.
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