Make your Christmas celebrations special with these indulgent cakes.
Christmas Fruit Cake
Recipe by Rajesh Paramashivan, Pastry Sous Chef, Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach
Ingredients:
- 3 kg unsalted butter
- 3 kg castor sugar
- 4 kg eggs, whole
- 3.8 kg flour refined
- 200 gm black jack
- 7.5 kg sultanas
- 2 kg raisins
- 3 kg mixed peels
- 1.5 kg black currants
- 2000 ml brandy
- 50 gm spice
Method:
- Clean all the fruits and soak them in brandy.
- Cream butter and sugar, add eggs. Add the soaked fruits.
- Put in a baking tray and bake at 150°C for 90 minutes.
Honey Christmas Cake
Recipe by Rajesh Paramashivan, Pastry Sous Chef, Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach
Ingredients:
- 36 eggs
- 3 kg demerara sugar
- 600 gm honey
- 120 ml rum
- 30 gm clove powder
- 40 gm cinnamon powder
- 30 gm ginger powder
- 720 gm chopped chocolate
- 3 kg flour, refined
- 1.5 kg almonds, chopped and roasted
- 600 gm mixed peels
- 30 gm baking powder
- 30 gm baking soda
Method:
- Heat up honey, sugar and rum for about 40°C. Let it cool. Beat eggs and honey mixture.
- Place all the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Add the honey mixture and knead for short time. Portion the batter and bake it for 1 hour at 180°C.
Cinnamon and Almond Cake
Recipe courtesy: Hotel Sahara Star
Ingredients:
- 465 gm honey
- 225 gm milk
- 375 gm flour
- 9 gm baking powder
- 38 gm almond powder
- 40 gm almond, chopped
- 3 gm salt
- 2 eggs
- 13 gm spice mix
- 40 gm cinnamon powder
Method:
- Take a large bowl and sieve together the flour and baking powder. Keep it aside.
- Heat honey and milk together till the honey dissolves completely.
- In a bowl, add the eggs. Keep beating the mixture till it is light and frothy. Gradually add the flour and honey-milk to this egg-butter mixture, spoon by spoon, so that no lumps are formed. Keep stirring to attain a smooth mixture. Add chopped almonds, almond powder, cinnamon powder, spice mix, salt and blend well. Allow the batter to rest for 10 minutes.
- Pre-heat an oven to 180 degrees for 15 minutes. Prepare a baking tray by lining it with butter paper. Grease it with oil or butter and dust some flour. Add the batter. Bake at 170°C for 25-30 minutes.
