Nana Val's Christmas Cake

Baking - sweet

Preparation time

20min

Total time

4h 20min

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Level

medium

TM 6
TM 5
TM 31

by Pauapattie

published: 2020/11/10

changed: 2022/11/12

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Ingredients

Nana Val's Christmas Cake

340 grams Butter
310 grams brown sugar
8 eggs
1 heaped tbsp golden syrup
1 tbsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp almond essence
1 tbsp lemon essence
1 tbsp Rum essence
450 grams flour
2 tsp Nutmeg
1 heaped tablespoons cinnamon
400 grams raisins
700 grams sultanas
200 grams currants
150 grams Cranberries
150 grams glace cherries
150 grams mixed peel
2 tsp baking powder

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Recipe's preparation

The Best Christmas Cake you will ever make

Add butter and sugar to Thermomix bowl. Cream on speed 6 for 1 minute, or until nice and creamy and pale.

Add in eggs one at a time, through the lid while the motor is running on speed 5. Then add the golden syrup.

Add in the essences.
Mix on speed 5 until combined.

Pour the creamed mixture into a large bowl and wash and dry your bowl.

Place the flour and spices into your bowl and give it a good mix on speed 5 for 10 seconds. Pour into a large clean bowl and set aside.

Place all of the fruit into your bowl and give it a good chop on speed 10 for 20 seconds. Use your spatula through the hole in the lid to get it alll turning nicely.

Sprinkle baking powder over the fruit, then mix on speed 10 again, using the spatula.

Add the flour and fruit mixture to your creamed mixture alternatively. You may need to use your hands to get it mixed properly.

To Prepare Your Tin for Baking - I use my largest biscuit tin I have. It is a square 24cm x 24cm.

Line the insides of your tin with tinfoil, then a double layer of baking paper. Let it come up an inch or 2 above the sides.

Add a double layer of baking paper on the bottom of your tin.
Grease the paper with an oil spray or butter.

Cut lengths of corrigated cardboard and fit them around the outside of the tin.

Tie it in place with some string.

Pour cake into prepared tin and cover with a piece of baking paper.

Bake at 150 degrees for 2 hours then turn your oven down to 90 degrees and cook for a further 2 hours. Take the baking paper off the top when you start the second 2 hours.

ICING

I cover my cake with apricot jam. Just use a brush to brush it all over.
Next I cover my cake with almond icing from the supermarket. Roll it out to about 3ml thickness then carefully place over the cake.
Next I make some butter icing and spread this over the top of the almond icing. Fluff it up a wee bit to make it look like rough snow.

I make my cake in November, then I leave it for a few weeks and then ice it just before I am going to cut it. It lasts super well.

Tip

Prepare your tin first and warm up your oven to 150 degrees while you prepare the cake batter.

Thermomix Model

Recipe is created for
TM 6

For cooking (simmering) at temperatures of 95°C or above (200°F), the simmering basket should always be used instead of the TM6 measuring cup, as the TM6 measuring cup fits tightly in the lid. The simmering basket rests loosely on top, is steam-permeable, and also prevents food spatter from the mixing bowl.
Recipe is created for
TM 5

If you are using a Thermomix® TM6 measuring cup with your Thermomix® TM5:
For cooking (simmering) at temperatures of 95°C or above (200°F), the simmering basket should always be used instead of the TM6 measuring cup, as the TM6 measuring cup fits tightly in the lid. The simmering basket rests loosely on top, is steam-permeable, and also prevents food spatter from the mixing bowl.

Please note that the TM5 mixing bowl has a larger capacity than the TM31 (capacity of 2.2 liters instead of 2.0 liters for TM 31). Recipes for the Thermomix TM5 may not be cooked with a Thermomix TM31 for safety reasons without adjusting the quantities. Risk of scalding by spraying of hot liquids: Do not exceed the maximum filling quantity and observe the filling level markings of the mixing bowl!
Recipe is created for
TM 31

This recipe was provided to you by a Thermomix ® customer and has not been tested by Vorwerk Thermomix ® or The Mix Australia Pty Ltd and The Mix New Zealand Ltd.
Vorwerk Thermomix ® and The Mix Australia Pty Ltd and The Mix New Zealand Ltd assume no liability, particularly in terms of ingredient quantities used and success of the recipes.
Please observe the safety instructions in the Thermomix ® instruction manual at all times.

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