Christmas baking is different from other cupcakes with its rich taste, filled with ingredients, characteristic of the season: cranberries, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, red wine and others. Each people combines all these ingredients in their own way and has their own recipe for a Christmas cake. About some of the latter we'll talk further.
English fruit christmas cake
Classics for Christmas for the British is an unusual pineapple cake, which, thanks to the same pineapple, turns out to be quite wet and heavy. Among other things, the dough is supplemented with an abundance of dried fruits, the range of which you can vary at your discretion.
Ingredients:
- dried fruit - 740 g;
- cane sugar - 155 g;
- brandy - 235 ml;
- water - 65 ml;
- pineapple - 310 g;
- Butter - 185 g;
- eggs - 3 pieces;
- flour - 330 g;
- baking powder - 1 teaspoon;
- soda - 1/4 tsp.
- ground ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg - 1/2 teaspoon.
Preparation
Pineapple with a fork or press for potatoes. Turn it into a puree is not necessary, but if you want you can use a blender. Mix together the dried fruits, pieces of pineapple, water and brandy. Put mixture on the fire, add pieces of oil and bring the liquid to a boil. After, cool the ingredients and add whipped eggs to them.
The remaining ingredients are passed through a sieve and added to the fruit. Distribute the dough in a parchment-covered form and leave the Christmas cake with dried fruits for an hour and a half at 160 degrees.
German Christmas muffin cake - recipe
For those who want to practice their culinary skills, we suggest to take up the German version of Christmas baking - galleries. This cake is prepared on a yeast dough, flavored with additives like dried fruits, candied fruits and marzipan.
Ingredients:
- milk - 225 ml;
- honey - 45 ml;
- butter - 85 g;
- flour - 510 g;
- yeast - 10 g;
- ground cinnamon, muscat - 1 tsp each;
- a peel of 1 orange and a lemon;
- egg - 1 piece;
- Dried fruits - 145 g;
- dried cranberry - 55 g;
- orange juice - 45 ml;
- rum - 45 ml;
- marzipans - 280 g.
Preparation
After warming the milk to body temperature, dilute the honey and butter in it, pour out the yeast and leave the latter to activate for 7 minutes. Stir, pour the spices, flour and citrus peel. Next is the usual for yeast dough operation: 10-minute kneading and proofing before doubling in size. At this time, warm up the orange juice and mix it with rum. Pour the mixture of cranberries with dried fruits and leave to swell until the dough is suitable. After, drain the leftovers, and the fruit, along with the cut marzipan, mix in the dough. Divide the dough by three times, roll each piece into the sausage and weave it with a scythe. Give the cake to come back again, and then send it to the oven for 40 minutes at 190 degrees.
Traditional Italian Christmas cake panettone
Panetton is similar to our Easter cake, not only in appearance, but also in cooking technology. Check it yourself by repeating the recipe further.
Ingredients:
For the starter:
- water - 55 ml;
- milk - 55 ml;
- yeast - 2 1/4 tsp.
- flour - 45 g;
- sugar - 5 g.
For the cake:
- eggs - 3 pieces;
- sugar - 55 g;
- orange peel - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- flour - 365 g;
- butter - 65 g;
- cranberry dried - 1 item;
- pistachios (peeled) - 2/3 tbsp.
Preparation
Preheat the milk with water to body temperature, mix and add the remaining components of the starter. After half an hour, connect the starter with eggs, sugar, citrus peel, flour and melted butter. After mixing the dough for 10 minutes, add the nuts and dried fruits, and then leave to rise for 4 hours. Distribute the dough into the shapes for the cakes, filling them in half, and then let the panettone come up again for 2-3 hours. Bake for 1 hour at 190 degrees.