Christmas Cake with Fondant Recipe
Christmas cake with fondant is a rich, festive dessert featuring spiced fruit cake and smooth fondant icing. A classic recipe perfect for the holidays.
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Cooking tools:
- Stand mixer
- Cake pan
- Cookie cutter
- Rolling pin
- Fine-mesh sieve
- Pastry brush
- Oven
- Mixing bowl
- Parchment paper
- Aluminum foil
- Butcher's twine
- Skewer
- Chef's knife
- Cutting board
- Serving platter
- Airtight container
- Measuring cup
- Measuring spoon
- Spoon
Ingredients
- 120 gm each golden raisins and sultanas
- 80 gm each dried figs and currants, finely chopped
- 40 gm dried apricots, finely chopped
- 40 gm candied orange, finely chopped
- Juice and finely grated rind of 1 orange
- 120 ml golden rum or whisky, plus extra for drizzling
- 150 gm softened butter
- 140 gm brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- Scraped seeds of 1 vanilla bean
- 170 gm plain flour
- ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp each ground ginger and ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp each ground cloves and finely grated nutmeg
- 500 gm fondant
- For dusting: pure icing sugar, sieved
- To serve: silver cachous or dragées (optional)
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