Cake mixing is a tradition that dates back to 17th Century Europe. A Christmas fruit cake can contain up to 37 different varieties of dry fruits, nuts and spices Preheat oven to 160C. Grease and line ...

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There are few desserts more reviled, and therefore dismissed than a Christmas fruitcake. And for good reason, they’re often hard, tasteless bricks that arrive from a mail-ordering relative you’d ...

Labour Weekend is traditionally for baking Christmas cakes, with recipes benefiting from maturation. Nadia Lim offers a lighter, tropical fruit cake that can be made closer to Christmas. Her mother-in ...

Christmas feels incomplete without the rich aroma of a freshly baked plum cake filling the home. Moist, fruity, and gently ...

Preheat oven to 160C. Grease and line an 8 - 9" round cake pan with baking paper (parchment paper) (7 cm / 2.75" tall). Using an electric beater, beat butter and sugar until smooth and creamy (about 1 ...