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Chelsea's Favourite Christmas Cake
15 mins
4 hours
30 mins
Moderate
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This easy to make Christmas cake is the best! The secret to success is baking it on a low temperature for longer. This makes two cakes - halve the recipe if you only want one but it is worth making two!
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- Ingredients
- Method
Ingredients
- 250g butter
- 2 cups Chelsea White Sugar
- 2kg mixed dried fruit
- 1 cup sherry
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- 2 tsp Edmonds Baking Soda
- 4 Tbsp Chelsea Golden Syrup or Chelsea Treacle
- 4 eggs
- 450g Edmonds Standard Grade Flour
- 1 tsp Edmonds Baking Powder
- 2 Tbsp orange zest
Additional tips
Place a double layer of baking paper across top of tin to prevent cake browning too quickly (avoiding contact with cake mixture).
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White Sugar
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Treacle
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Reviews
143
What did you think of this recipe?
Robyn Clarke
I have made this recipe for the past 3 years and find it easy, economical and tastes divine.
5
Marie
This is a never fail recipe.
5
Maree wadams
Can I be bold and just make one very large cake.
5
Miriam
Have made this cake for years now. It’s so easy and a winner every time. Have got brave enough to substitute other alcohol for sherry and selected dried fruits for the ready mixed dried fruit.
5
Karen
Fantastic easy tasty
5
Susan
Great recipe and no ‘faffing’ 😊😊
5
Brenda Hans
Absolutely beautiful, a new christmas cake recipe, better then my og recipe, had a practice run for his Christmas, it taste so so lovely and cooked so so well, keep up the good work chelsea sugar.
5
Isabel
Easiest and best Fruit cake ever!! Stays moist and fresh foronths
5
Mary-Anne
Easy to make. Made the two cakes. Can't wait to taste.
5
Macca
Dark and rich. First ever attempt at xmas cake and was excellent. Used port instead of sherry. Made in a wooden box for even cookingWill do again next year if I can wait that long!!
5
Method
Heat Tararua Butter, Chelsea White Sugar, fruit, sherry, spice, Edmonds Baking Soda and Chelsea Golden Syrup in a large saucepan. Heat over a medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring often. Allow to cool fully (at least 1 hour).
Heat oven to 125°C conventional bake. Grease 2 x deep 20cm round tins (or 2 x regular 30cm tins) and triple line with baking paper, ensuring the paper extends up the sides beyond the tin.
Beat eggs and stir through cooled fruit mixture. Sift dry ingredients and fold into fruit mixture with orange zest.
Spoon into tins, bake for approximately 3 -3 ½ hours or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Decorate once cool.
Store in an airtight container in a cool, dry place. Wrap in tin foil, and then cheesecloth. Will keep for at least a year and stays deliciously moist.
Note
We have updated this recipe to make it easier to bake by spreading it across two cake tins. You can still make it as one cake, just use a larger tin and allow for a longer cooking time (approximately 4 hrs) and check it regularly.
Additional tips
Place a double layer of baking paper across top of tin to prevent cake browning too quickly (avoiding contact with cake mixture).
Chelsea Products in Recipe
Golden Syrup
Chelsea Golden Syrup in the...
White Sugar
The uniform size of the...
Treacle
Like Golden Syrup, Treacle...
Reviews
143
What did you think of this recipe?
Robyn Clarke
I have made this recipe for the past 3 years and find it easy, economical and tastes divine.
5
Marie
This is a never fail recipe.
5
Maree wadams
Can I be bold and just make one very large cake.
5
Miriam
Have made this cake for years now. It’s so easy and a winner every time. Have got brave enough to substitute other alcohol for sherry and selected dried fruits for the ready mixed dried fruit.
5
Karen
Fantastic easy tasty
5
Susan
Great recipe and no ‘faffing’ 😊😊
5
Brenda Hans
Absolutely beautiful, a new christmas cake recipe, better then my og recipe, had a practice run for his Christmas, it taste so so lovely and cooked so so well, keep up the good work chelsea sugar.
5
Isabel
Easiest and best Fruit cake ever!! Stays moist and fresh foronths
5
Mary-Anne
Easy to make. Made the two cakes. Can't wait to taste.
5
Macca
Dark and rich. First ever attempt at xmas cake and was excellent. Used port instead of sherry. Made in a wooden box for even cookingWill do again next year if I can wait that long!!
5
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