How to Make a Gluten Free Christmas Cake – A Traditional English Recipe #glutenfree #christmascake
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I make my Traditional Christmas Cake. Mine is Gluten Free as I swap out normal flour. A delicious cake that is an English tradition. Using a classic Delia Smith …
This was such a DARLING SWEET Video, thank you, loved all the holiday decorations & music, very nicely arranged, Hohoho
Here is the easy recipe for Christmas cake I mentioned before, it really works even though the recipe looks weird! It is from Three Ingredient Baking by Sarah Rainey. Take 530g mixed dried fruits (could be mixed peel, glace cherries, sultanas, raisins and cranberries but you could choose other dried fruits you prefer). Start to prepare 12 hours before. Put the dried fruits in a large bowl pour over 500ml of chocolate flavoured milk cover bowl with clingfilm and leave til the milk thickens and the fruit swells (overnight is good). Preheat the oven to 180c grease and line a round cake tin 23cm across. Simply stir in the flour well. Pour into the tin and smooth the top. Bake for around 2 hours. Turn out onto a rack to cool. Dust with icing sugar or decorate any way you like.
They look amazing. I haven’t made one since school Home Economics class!
Your cakes look wonderful Jane! My family like mince pies so that's what I make tons of most year. I also sometimes make Christmas biscuits – usually Delia's gingerbread recipe, and then using some Christmas cookie cutters and icing. This year I have some extra challenges of catering for people who are vegan, gluten free, and/or dairy free, but I enjoy the challenge of finding alternative ways to make favourite dishes.
Loved this Jane. My mother started her fruit cakes in October, soaked the fruit in Rye for a week, then made the cakes. The ratio of fruit and nuts to batter was just enough batter to hold it all together. She baked them in loaf pans, wrapped them in cheese cloth when cooled and stored them in the fruit cellar. She would give them a nice drink of Rye weekly until they couldn't take any more. No marzipan or icing, just decorations of almond and Glace cherries. What I would give to have a taste of them again! She also used her recipe to make wedding cakes for my cousins. Happy holidays.
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Wow, cakes look wonderful Jane. I'm a very basic cook but I can make very nice mince pies somewhat helped by suffering with cold 🥶 hands! Looking forward to your next vlog.
Loved watching you make your cake Jane! I make a very similar cake although we do put in a drop or two of brandy (French of course!) My husband (also Mike) is a coeliac so always gluten free too! I always make my own mince pies as the shop bought gf ones are a silly price! Thanks again for a lovely video xx
Hello Jane,
We make Apple bags with Vanille ice.
That is our dessert.the' Boys' Love this very much.👍
Looks delicious, your lucky friends.I am going to have a go at truffles . Found a recipe on Delia Smiths site. Need to make vegan ones too so will need to adapt it. . Mince pies will be coming out of my kitchen along with sausage rolls!
Would love to see these cut open to see a slice. I’m not familiar with these treats.
I had just decided to try one of these as I have an abundance of dried fruit, and time!, so thanks so much for showing the technique, including using the rolling pin on the marzipan ON the cake. That would never have occurred to me!
Christmas is always a nice time to do extra baking.
That cake looks wonderful! What a lovely gift! My great aunt used to make Christmas cake for everyone and I always loved it! It was the perfect gift. In fact, I think it's much better to give food gifts – they are always enjoyed and we all need a nice treat now and then. I like giving homemade treats or gift passes for special experiences (passes to a museum, science centre, art gallery, theatre, etc.). I feel like it is more meaningful and valuable to the recipient.
Jane, loved this video! I must tell you that I used your pasty recipe to make bite sized Pecan Tarts for Thanksgiving. I picked pecans from the tree on the walking path just beyond our back yard. The Grands were so excited when I showed them and asked if they'd like to gather some more with me after lunch. A great pastime. It is our Christmas tradition to make Pecan Sandies also called Russian tea cookies. They only have a few ingredients and very tasty. Thanks again!
I use to make a traditional rich Christmas cake with marzipan and royal icing. But stopped making it about 8 years ago since there is usually just me to eat it now.
Ps – I used brandy!
Thank you for the recipe, we have a similar cake without icicng
What beautiful cakes. I’m sure they will be delicious. 😋
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Hello Jane. Could you advise me as to whether I can use gluten free self raising flour instead of plain flour? Thanks for sharing this video, it’s perfect timing, as making Christmas cake next couple of days.
You made this look so doable, I think I'll give my first christmas cake a try
Looks so yummy! My dad loved fruit cake at Christmas. You mention purchasing some items in UK. How often do you go? How? Do you shop in UK often?
My only concern over this recipe is the fact you had to use gluten free bread flour. Will it effect the texture of the cake?
I learned to line the tin for the Christmas cake when I was a teenager, as my mum didn't like doing it. I'm now in my 70s, and have always used a Good Housekeeping recipe for my Christmas cake, and soak the fruit in alcohol (usually Mackeson stout, bought specially for the purpose) for 3 days before mixing the cake. And then I feed it once a week with brandy until I'm ready to ice it. When my children were small they all took a turn at stirring the cake batter and the Christmas pudding batter, and would make a wish. When I move back to Cornwall after Christmas I hope to start that tradition with my grandchildren.
Hello Jane and Micheal thank you so much for the Christmas cake video I love the way you explain things so clearly Jane and the Christmas scenes are delightful thank you again bless you both
You did a fantastic job on the fruit cakes. My mouth was watering.
Oh, your cakes are gorgeous. I am definitely going to try this recipe. Thank you! 🌷
These cakes are so gorgeous. What a lovely gift. I would have a hard time waiting two weeks.
I do not like fruit cake at all, but, think this is such a wonderful gift for your friends:)
I make rum balls and trifle, I don't eat either but I make them for friends to enjoy. I try to make home made gifts for those close to me. This year my daughter is going to make some lemon butter (lemon curd/lemon spread) to add to the foodie gifts this year, she's also talking about brandy snaps as well, but I don't think these will be given away before they are devoured.
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Wow, that is really a labor of love. Those friends that are receiving one must really be special.
My husband and I like to make homemade fudge at Christmas for friends, neighbors, and coworkers. The people at his office are always happy to see him come in with trays of fudge.
You are a fantastic cook Jayne !!! Here in Australia it’s summer for our Christmas and I make a boiled fruitcake with pineapple it’s delicious .
I make tons of sugar cookies with the grandkids. I also make 4 different type of cookie dough and divide them and freeze it with their names on it. its a christmas present.
I make my grans’ sweet dough filled-cookies. The filling is mince. Not the real mince ( which as venison in it) but the modern version, which is all fruits. They have such a lovely, old-fashioned taste. The pastry is slightly sweet as well. Yum. It’s almost time! Thanks for the great videos! Enjoy them so much!
Hi Jane, loved the video.
In my country, Barbados, we make a similar rich fruit cake called 'black cake' or 'great cake '.
The cake is usually made a couple of weeks ahead of Christmas. The mixed fruits are soaked in rum or wine and stored in a big jar for weeks, sometimes months. The cake is then made and baked just like you did yours. We do not ice the cake though, we pour some more wine or rum over it just as it comes out of the oven and leave it to cool.
Store in a cake tin or wrapped in foil for a couple of weeks until Christmas.
For Hanukkah we make sufganoit (little donuts filled with jelly), I’ll also make sugar cookies.
Your cake looked delicious.
Loved this Jane! A beautiful frugal cake indeed and no doubt a very, very tasty one!!! Merry Christmas 🎁🎄