Bakels Festive Christmas Cake Mix Recipe

Difficulty:
Prep time:	PT15M 15 min
Cook time:	PT120M 120 min
Total time:	PT135M 135 min

The smell of cinnamon and spices fill the air when baking this moist Bakels festive christmas cake mix. The Bakels festive christmas cake mix recipe is favourite with customers & staff at Lollipop's because of the deliciousness and minimal effort required to make traditional style christmas cakes and puddings.

The yield is also another reason the Bakels festive christmas cake mix is popular.

Variations on the baking yield, these are to be used a guide only and will be vary depending on the quantity of fruit added to the dry mix.

Square 10 inch x 4 inch
Rectangle 9 inch x 11 inch x 3 inch
Four Square 5 inch x 3 inch
Three average puddings.

Author

Lollipop Cake Supplies | Bakels

Recipe type: Cake

Using

Bakels Fruit Cake Mix - 1kg bag

Yield

10" Square x 4" high - Approx. 2kg of batter including fruit as per recipe

Ingredients

Group 1

1Kg Bakels Festive Christmas Cake Mix

500g water

300g eggs

Group 2

1kg Sultanas

300g Raisins

200g Currents

130g Mixed Peel

170g Glace Cherries

30g Glycerine (optional if not using alcohol to soak fruit)

Alcoholic Options

Alcohol to soak fruit in, we've tried Bundaberg Rum, Jack Daniels, Southern Comfort however most whiskeys or rums will work beautifully with this recipe. Experiment with different flavours.

Non-Alcoholic Options

Good quality orange or apple juice, we've tried organic apple juice and orange juice.

Method

Place Group 1 ingredients in mixing bowl, blend together on low speed for 1 minute
Scrape down
Blend on 2nd speed for 3 minutes
Scrape down
Add Group 2 ingredients
Blend on low speed until fruit is evenly dispersed (approx. 2 mins)
Deposit mix into cake pans
Bake in oven on 160 degrees for approximately 1¼ to 1½ hours
Remove from oven
Allow to cool in pan for 30 minutes

Hints

Best results are obtained by washing and draining sultanas, raisins & currants then blending with glace cherries, mixed peel, glycerine and small quantity of alcoholic or non-alcholic liquid. Place into a plastic bucket or container, cover and leave overnight. You can soak your fruit for longer, continue to feed fruit mix with alcohol every 2nd day, remembering to mix the fruit and alcohol before sealing container.

For Dundee cake, decorate top of cake with blanched almonds, before baking. Glaze with boiled apricot jam.

Baking times and temperature will vary from oven to oven and the size of the baking tins used. Always grease and paper line your tins.