Golden peach Christmas cakes

Golden peach Christmas cakes

www.gourmettraveller.com.au

Make golden peach Christmas cakes with this recipe, a festive dessert featuring juicy peaches, warm spices, and a rich, tender cake texture.

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Cooking tools:

  • Candy thermometer
  • Cookie cutter
  • Rolling pin
  • Stand mixer
  • Cake pan
  • Fine-mesh sieve
  • Skewer
  • Grater
  • Oven
  • Stove
  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Whisk
  • Spoon
  • Parchment paper
  • Aluminum foil
  • Butcher's twine
  • Airtight container

Ingredients

  • 520 gm dried fruit, such as peaches, apricots, pears or figs, finely chopped
  • 400 gm glacé peaches, finely chopped
  • 300 gm sultanas
  • 160 gm dates, seeded, coarsely chopped
  • 100 gm candied orange rind, finely chopped
  • 2 peaches, stones removed, finely chopped
  • 1 lemon, juice and thinly peeled rind only
  • 300 ml brandy
  • 80 ml Grand Marnier and peach liqueur
  • 335 gm (2¼ cups) plain flour
  • ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp each ground cinnamon and cloves
  • 325 gm butter, softened
  • 280 gm raw caster sugar
  • 1 vanilla bean, scraped seeds only
  • 4 eggs
  • 500 gm fondant (see note)
  • For dusting: pure icing sugar

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