tir while they make a Christmas wish.
Spoon the batter
Cake:
Cream sugar, shortening and soda well.
Add eggs, one at a time and mix well.
Add sifted flour and mix well. Add nuts, fruit and jam.
Bake in 3 layer cake pans or a bundt pan. Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes at 325' or until done.
Wrap in aluminum foil and put in freezer until Christmas.
Icing:
Put in double boiler and cook until thick. Ice cake.
Chill in the fridge until the icing hardens.
Wrap in aluminum foil and put away until ready to serve (up to 1 month refridgerated).
I had to make a double batch of fudge icing to get the right thickness of icing for this cake. The icing recipe I used was a combination of 2 different recipes.
In saucepan combine all ingredients. Bring to a boil, and cook for 1 minute Remove from heat. Whisk with an electric mixer, for 2.5 - 3 minutes, or until it thickens enough. Pour over cooled or warm cake. Doubled this for a 9x13.
Melt butter in a large skillet. Add onion, celery and mushrooms. Saut 2 to 3 minutes until tender. Whisk in chicken soup and milk and cook over medium-low heat 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add cheese, stirring constantly, until melted. Stir in chicken, peas, carrots, pimiento, salt and pepper. Cook over low heat 8 to 10 minutes. Spoon into Biscuit Bowls.
he bowl and add the biscuit crumbs, jam, orange juice and
Place flour and the icing sugar in a food processor.
ake (made to the same recipe) was held together with wooden
Melt white choc in microwave.
Drizzle white chocolate icing over top of biscuit, top each with a imitation cherry (or Jaffa sweet) and decorate with green icing (1/2 mint leave or other green jelly sweet works well here).
Place in fridge to set.
Viola -- little christmas puds.
floured surface and using Christmas biscuit cutters, cut out various shapes
sed a charger plate.
Christmas decorations small.
I used
you have thawed your Christmas Cake please de-thaw prior
Beat the butter with the icing sugar with a whisker or
bowl & beat in enough icing sugar to give a stiff
utters; the height of the Christmas tree will depend on the
inch thick. Use small Christmas-shaped cookie cutters to cut
little water to the icing sugar until you have a
he work surface lightly with icing sugar and roll the marzipan
ut into decorative shapes with Christmas-themed cookie cutters. Transfer all
Combine biscuit mix, sugar, mincemeat, egg, milk and melted butter; beat vigorously 1/2 minute.
Bake in greased 6 1/2-cup ring mold at 400\u00b0 for 10 to 15 minutes or until done.
Invert on platter, drizzle with orange icing.
Sprinkle with chopped nuts. Serve warm.
inch thickness. Cut with Christmas cookie cutters and arrange on