Ginger & orange Christmas cake

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• Antonia

  09 February 2008

  Antonia commented on this recipe

  Just a quick comment about the decoration of this cake - I copied the idea, but rubbed edible silver lustre over half of the stars. It looked really stunning! I am totally un-artistic but everyone thought the design was very stylish. I finished the whole thing off with a silver ribbon. Thank you Good Food for the idea!

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• Hilary

  02 November 2008

  Hilary commented on this recipe

  Am looking forward to making this as my Christmas cake. Any suggestions as to how long in advance I could make this, maybe feeding it from time to time with vodka, wrapped up in a tin?

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• HayleyGrice

  13 November 2008

  HayleyGrice commented on this recipe

  Hilary - the recipe reads like any other fruit cake, so I would suggest it'll be fine sat in a dark cupboard well wrapped from now until Christmas. I plan to make mine this weekend and do just that (finishing at step 2) and then put marizipan and icing on a couple of days before we plan to eat it.

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• bristela

  14 November 2008

  bristela commented on this recipe

  I would like to make this cake, but firts let me know what mixed peel means ?

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• kizmax

  15 November 2008

  kizmax commented on this recipe

  ok just made mine !! looks good haven't done the decoration part have wrapped in tinfoil and is in the cupboard will feed it each week .... yumm roll on christmas

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• HayleyGrice

  24 November 2008

  HayleyGrice commented on this recipe

  Hi Bristela - are you based in the UK? As every supermarket sells ready chopped mixed peel in their baking aisle - its like little pieces of orange and lemon peel which have been sugar treated. It's not expensive. I know the recipe speaks of chopping whole ones, but whole pieces are harder to find.

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• marialk

  04 December 2008

  marialk commented on this recipe

  My 8 year old niece "allowed" me to help her make this cake for Christmas a couple of weeks ago. It really turned out well, or at least it LOOKS appetising. However what I'd like to know is, can I feed it with a little more ginger wine and cointreau or should I just use vodka. I don't intend using marzipan to finish the cake as none of our family likes it. I'm just going to use the vodka to brush over the cake before putting the icing on directly.

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• Dilly

  19 November 2009

  Dilly commented on this recipe

  Didn't change anything - made it for Christmas last year and absolutely loved it. Will be making it again this year.

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• Lynn

  25 September 2011

  Lynn rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Easy to make, smells divine and expectations of it tasting divine are high. However, don't trust the cooking time. Any more than 2 hours (depending on your oven) is going to see it burn. Just about to make another for a friend :-)

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• Lynn

  25 September 2011

  Lynn commented on this recipe

  http://www.deliaonline.com/how-to-cook/baking/how-to-line-a-cake-tin.html Scroll down on this page (Delia Smith) to see how to protect a christmas cake from overcooking.

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• marylou

  21 November 2011

  marylou commented on this recipe

  I made this cake this weekend. Normally I end up with a very dark outside with the middle just cooked. So this time I cooked it at a slightly lower heat but for longer. It is well cooked all the way through but not burnt on the outside!

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• Rozie Samus

  26 December 2011

  Rozie Samus rated and commented on this recipe

  

  can't quite remember it well as was about 5years ago but so glad have stumbled upon it - have been searching for recipe ever since so must've been divine!!!

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Ingredients

• 600.0g currants , sultanas and raisins
• 100.0g glacé cherries
• 50.0g mixed peel (chop a couple of whole ones if you can)
• 50.0g glacé ginger or crystallised ginger , roughly chopped
• 100g glacé or diced pineapple , roughly chopped
• 60.0ml Cointreau or Grand Marnier
• 60.0ml ginger wine
• 2.0 tbsp Angostura bitters (the orange version is good)
• 225.0g light muscovado sugar
• 250.0g butter , softened
• 225.0g plain flour
• 1.0 tsp ground ginger
• ¼ of a whole nutmeg , grated
• 1.0 tsp cinnamon
• 1.0 tbsp vanilla extract
• 100.0g whole blanched almonds
• 4 eggs
• 1 orange , zested

DECORATION

• 2.0 tbsp apricot jam , mixed with 1 tbsp water and sieved
• 500.0g marzipan
• cornflour for rolling
• 4.0 tbsp vodka
• 500.0g ready-rolled fondant icing

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Difficulty and servings

Serves 12

Preparation and cooking times

1½ hrs, 3½ hrs in the oven, up to 2 days soaking

Ingredients

• 600.0g currants , sultanas and raisins
• 100.0g glacé cherries
• 50.0g mixed peel (chop a couple of whole ones if you can)
• 50.0g glacé ginger or crystallised ginger , roughly chopped
• 100g glacé or diced pineapple , roughly chopped
• 60.0ml Cointreau or Grand Marnier
• 60.0ml ginger wine
• 2.0 tbsp Angostura bitters (the orange version is good)
• 225.0g light muscovado sugar
• 250.0g butter , softened
• 225.0g plain flour
• 1.0 tsp ground ginger
• ¼ of a whole nutmeg , grated
• 1.0 tsp cinnamon
• 1.0 tbsp vanilla extract
• 100.0g whole blanched almonds
• 4 eggs
• 1 orange , zested

DECORATION

• 2.0 tbsp apricot jam , mixed with 1 tbsp water and sieved
• 500.0g marzipan
• cornflour for rolling
• 4.0 tbsp vodka
• 500.0g ready-rolled fondant icing

Per serving

924 kcalories, protein 10.5g, carbohydrate 156.2g, fat 29.9 g, saturated fat 12.4g, fibre 3.4g, salt 0.57 g

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