Snow-topped holly cakes recipe | Good Food

Snow-topped holly cakes recipe | Good Food

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This traditional Christmas cake has a lovely moist texture, the square shape is cut into two loaf-shaped cakes, so you can give one to a friend, from BBC Good Food magazine.

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Cooking tools:

  • Rolling pin
  • Pastry brush
  • Skewer
  • Sifter
  • Cooling rack
  • Kitchen scale
  • Cake pan
  • Parchment paper
  • Aluminum foil
  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
  • Oven
  • Spoon
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Kettle
  • Airtight container

Ingredients

  • 8 glacé cherries
  • small holly sprigs, washed and dried
  • 200g dark muscovado sugar
  • 175g butter chopped
  • 700g luxury mixed dried fruit
  • 50g glacé cherry
  • 2 tsp grated fresh root ginger
  • zest and juice 1 orange
  • 100ml dark rum brandy or orange juice
  • 85g pecan
  • 3 large eggs beaten
  • 85g ground almonds
  • 200g plain flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 250g pack marzipan halved
  • icing sugar for dusting
  • 2 tbsp warmed apricot jam
  • 500g pack fondant icing sugar

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