Chelsea's Favourite Christmas Cake

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{has_more=true, offset=120, total=143, results=[{comment_text=An awesome easy recipe and my husband and son in-law requested I make two more!!, approved=true, user_name=vicki, hs_createdate=1702249859757, rating_new__1_5_=5, id=11175361167}, {comment_text=I am a first time xmas cake baker. Found this recipe very easy to prepare. I customised the ingredients a bit - used raisins, sultanas, cranberries and pitted dates. Used brandy and also some whiskey and doubled the spices plus added some cardamom. I left the fruit soaking in the brandy overnight then added the remaining ingredients the following day and cooked. I double lined my tins, but also wrapped the exterior of the tins with a double layer of newspaper tied with string. The outside of the cakes turned out lovely and soft. I am icing one with brandy butter icing and I pressed sliced almonds into the other one prior to cooking. Tried one of the cakes on the day of making and it is so moist. The flavours will be enhanced by xmas time - if the cakes last that long!!, approved=true, user_name=Deb, hs_createdate=1702249859284, rating_new__1_5_=5, id=11175505929}, {comment_text=I have yet to try this version of Christmas cake but I mainly am replying to the person who asked about making the same mixture in a cup cake form. You can purchase smaller tins that have a loose bottom and click on the side from Farmers. I myself have 6 small tins that I give to friends just to show that I care at Christmas time. Maybe others may like to do., approved=true, user_name=Carolyn, hs_createdate=1702249859277, rating_new__1_5_=4, id=11175369753}, {comment_text=I have made numerous Xmas cakes over the years but now I'm only making this one. It is superb. I've made to 4 times and every time perfect. Thank you, approved=true, user_name=Judy, hs_createdate=1702249858821, rating_new__1_5_=5, id=11175679620}, {comment_text=The best and easiest cake ever. Have been making this cake now for a few years, the recipe makes 3 cakes the size you would buy in the shops and I make 9 every year for family and friends. Everybody loves it and I get requests each year from friends to make sure I don't forget them. Am just about to make first batch for 2016 tonight., approved=true, user_name=Helen Chambers, hs_createdate=1702249858776, rating_new__1_5_=5, id=11174113349}, {comment_text=one of the simplest Christmas cakes I have ever baked. Tastes as good as it looks! Will definitely use this recipe again., approved=true, hs_createdate=1702249858376, rating_new__1_5_=5, id=11175379548}, {comment_text=perfect tasty Christmas cake, and super easy to make, approved=true, user_name=jeff b, hs_createdate=1702249858260, rating_new__1_5_=5, id=11175342769}, {comment_text=This cake looks great BUT you haven't said whether the cake tin, suggested in the recipe, is round or square, so I haven't yet made the cake, as at 20cm there is quite a substantial difference in volume between a 20cm square tin and a 20cm round tin. I have emailed your email address asking for an answer to this query but as yet have had no reply?! Please could you add this fact to the recipe. Thank you. I look forward to making the cake once I know the exact tin size.CHELSEA: Hi there, thank you for your feedback and sorry that you haven't had a reply to your email yet - we will have a look into this. We would recommend using round tins; however, the recipe is large enough that if it is made in a square tin it should still work out well. We have updated the recipe to reflect this. Enjoy!, approved=true, user_name=Lindy Gregg, hs_createdate=1702249857509, rating_new__1_5_=4, id=11174113598}, {comment_text=just what I was lookin for this year, approved=true, user_name=fay, hs_createdate=1702249856923, rating_new__1_5_=5, id=11175460703}, {comment_text=I have made this cake for Xmas the last few years. But it is far too good to only make at Xmas so I have been making one regularly to ensure there is something delicious to enjoy. The cake wins every cake test when compared to others no matter how special, expensive, fiddly others are. Thank you! (I am just popping another in the oven now!), approved=true, user_name=Judy, hs_createdate=1702249856797, rating_new__1_5_=5, id=11175426706}]}