My Moms Light Christmas Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Mix cherries, peel, fruit and juice together well, and let stand for two days, stirring frequently.
• Add to remaining ingredients, mixing very thoroughly.
• Pour into bread pans, and bake three hours at 300 degrees.
• Enjoy some of the happiness we knew!

Steps:

• Prepare fruit and wash raisins the day before.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time.
• Beat until very light.
• Add sifted flour mixed with cardamom and baking powder.
• Add orange juice alternately with the flour a little at a time.
• Dredge fruit with a little extra flour and add to batter.
• Place in 2 loaf pans, lined with brown paper and greased on the inside.
• Bake in 250°F degrees oven 2-3 hours or until done.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250-275 degrees.
• Batter will make about 15 lbs. Prepare pans according to chart below. Grease and line pans with brown paper, waxed paper, or parchment. Grease again. Cut paper about 1 inch taller than pans. Fill pans a little over half full with batter. If you have room in the oven, put a pan with some hot water in it in the bottom, to keep the cakes moist. Enjoy!
• Pan sizes and baking chart:
• 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan: 6 1/2 cups batter, bake for 3 hours
• 10" tube pan: 2 1/2 quarts batter, bake for 3 hrs 15 mins
• 1 lb. coffee cans: 3 3/4 cups batter, bake for 3 hrs 15 mins
• 9 1/4 oz. tuna cans: 1 cup batter, bake for 1 hour 30 mins
• No.303 (16oz) cans: 1 2/3 cup batter, bake for 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 hours
• 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2-inch mini loaf pans: 3/4 cup batter, bake for 1 hour

Steps:

• CHRISTMAS CAKE:.
• Beat sugar & butter very well; mix in all fruit (soaked in rum overnight), carb soda and spice.
• Add eggs and then fold in flour, then add water.
• Spoon mixture cake tin lined with 2 thicknesses each of brown and greased greaseproof paper; arrange extra almonds around top - brown paper on top of cake while it is cooking will stop it scorching.
• Cook 3 hrs 150degC (300degF), lower for fan forced - check cake with skewer or knife if it comes out clean it is cooked.
• BOILED FRUIT CAKE:
• Soak fruit with rum overnight.
• Then boil everything together, other than eggs and flour; now add eggs and fold in flour.
• Cook at 150oC (300degF), for 2 1/2 hours.
• NB: Check both types of cakes after 2 hours.

Steps:

• First decorate the top of the cake. With the black sparkle gel, pipe three arcs across the top of the cake (These are the wires.) Draw tiny rectangles hanging off each arc, spaced about 1/2 inch apart. (These are the "sockets.")
• Snip the candies in half with kitchen shears. You'll be using the rounded ends; save the other ends for another use (or eat them!). Place each rounded end beneath a rectangle, so the flat cut side attaches to the flat side of the rectangle. (These are the lights.)
• Next decorate the sides of the cake. Pipe wide swags around the circumference, with their ends connected. Pipe rectangle sockets hanging off the wire, just as you did on top of cake. Place candy lights under the sockets.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
• In a large saucepan, melt together the shortening and cocoa. Remove from heat and stir in sugar and egg. Mix buttermilk with baking soda, salt and vanilla, then blend into chocolate mixture. Beat in flour. Stir in hot water. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

Steps:

• pre heat the oven to 150c/fan 140c/gas 2
• put all currants/raisins/sultanas/candied peel/lemon and orange rind in a large bowl, along with the brandy,leave to soak for at least two hours, you can use tea if not using brandy, no milk in tea.
• beat butter and sugar tgether, until pale, add beaton eggs, a little at a time, if starting to curdle, add a little flour
• add all dry ingrediants, to the mixture, add any remaining ingrediants, then mix both wet and dry together,in a large bowl.
• line a 8" round tin, add the mixture, wrap brown paper round the outside of the tin, to stop cake burning, whilst baking, also place a sheet a greasproof over the top, after 1 1/2 hours , turn oven down too 140/130c for another hour or until cooked,