Posted by on 11/17/2022 toRecipes
If you aren't sure what to make for dessert this holiday season - try making a classic Christmas Cake. These Irish delicacies often are filled with spices and fruits. Irish Whiskey can be used to make these fine deserts as well. These cakes take on twist on a basic chocolate cake. They include marzipan frosting and items of holiday decor of course, such as mistletoe!
The following recipe by the Foodellers.com features a mix containing all of the above-especially lots of Whiskey! This whiskey soaked fruit cake is unique, because it needs to be prepared in November in order to be ready by Christmas Day. The wait makes this dessert that much more appreciated, and it is certainly worth the wait:
For the Cake
- 225 grams all-purpose flour
- 175 grams butter
- 175 grams Muscovado sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
For the fruit Mix
- The peel of a lemon
- The peel of an orange
- 1 teaspoon powder cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon powder cloves
- 100 grams almond flour
- 1 teaspoon powder ginger
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 6 tablespoons Irish whiskey
- 200 grams sultanas
- 150 grams raisins
- 100 grams currants
- 100 grams candied orange and lemon
- 100 grams chopped almonds
Instructions
- Put the raisins, the sultanas and the currants in a large bowl, add 4 tablespoons of brandy and mix well then cover and let the brandy absorb for 12 hours.
- Turn on the oven at 130°C/266°F and line an 18cm/8? round tin with a double layer of parchment paper.
- Pour the flour, the butter at room temperature, the sugar, the eggs, the peel of the lemon and the orange, the mixed spices, the nutmeg and beat until a smooth and creamy mixture is obtained.
- Pour the raisins and candied fruits plus almonds and almond flour in the mix and mix well using a wooden spoon until the ingredients are well combined. Your mixture will be extremely sticky at this point.
- Transfer the mixture into the pan, leveling the surface and then bake for about 5 hours always at a low temperature (130°C/266°F). The cooking can be checked by using the toothpick test (Insert a toothpick into the center of the cake. Pull it out and if it's fully baked, there won’t be any wet batter on it).
- Let it cool completely, wet it slightly with whiskey and wrap it well in three sheets of parchment paper. Store the cake in an airtight container, letting it soak in the whiskey and wetting it every 3-4 days with more whiskey so that it stays longer.
- If you want to decorate the cake, take some honey and spread it on the surface, then put a marzipan layer first, followed by a layer ofwhite royal icing. Add other Christmas-themed sugar decorations and consume after at least 24 hours after it was decorated by cutting it into slices of the desired size.
Of course, when hosting a holiday dinner with dessert presentation is everything. Shop holiday themed cake dishes and serving pieces by Nicholas Mosse in Ireland now at Ann Marie's. They will pair perfectly with your Irish Christmas Cake!
Sources: TheIrishRoadTrip.com
The Foodellers.com -Veruska Anconitano
