If you would like to join in, please do so...You can view the three steps in the following links....
but I did change a few things in the recipe to suit us.
Fruit soak:
55g (2oz/ 1/4 cup) caster (superfine) sugar
55ml (1.75 flz oz) water
160ml (5.25 fl oz) brandy
90g (3.25oz/ 3/4 cup) sultanas (golden raisins) (I like to scan through and remove any stems left behind)
80g (2.75oz/ 1/2 cup) currants (I like to scan through and remove any stems left behind)
80g (2.75oz/ 1/3cup) pitted prunes, chopped (I replaced these with dried apricots)
80g (2.75oz/ 1/2 cup) fresh pitted dates, chopped
150g (5.5oz/ 1.25 cup) raisins (I replaced these with dried cranberries)
55g (2oz/ 1/3 cup) mixed peel (mixed candied citrus peel) (I replaced these with dried apple)
135g (4.75oz/ 3/4 cup) chopped dried figs
Here are some photos of the beginning of my Christmas Cake fruit soak....Day 1.
Left to Right: Currants, Apricots, Figs with the stems removed too, the fruit mix which I moved to the side in the dish so you could see the brandy, and the mix sitting on the kitchen cabinet...Yes, under the doily is plastic wrap...it's sealed well.
Here you can see I am sorting and picking out the stems.... I hate picking them out of my mouth...so we get rid of them before baking |
Cutting the dried apricots up with scissors |
It pays to check the packaging....you never know... you may find a really great recipe...I'm off to email them. |
More stems being removed off the dried figs, before cutting them up with scissors too. |
What lovely colours.... I pushed the fruit to the side, to show the brandy |
Pride of place....see you tomorrow! |
Yes there is cling wrap beneath the doily... but doesn't the doily look much better. |
Are you going to follow along and join in this bake off.....?
Do you make a different Christmas Cake? if you do...and you blog about it...come back and leave a link to your Christmas Cake.
Your blog is a wealth of information! Keep all your posts up for a long time so I can try some of them out! love,andrea
ReplyDeleteHi Andrea: don't worry, I plan to stick around....I love the blogging world....the way we all share our ideas, is fantastic!
ReplyDeletethanks for reading my blog. Welcome!