How to Make Christmas Cake | Tesco Food how to make
How to Make Christmas Cake | Tesco Food
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now I'm using a centimeter list caked in which is increased andlined with baking parchment to spin the San packing into the edges and I just press them with other the back cover wooden spoon or with a spatula just make sure thelevel of the surface many have a lovely flat cake on topwhich is great if you want I set off to its that ago that is looking lovely now thiswill take three to four hours to cook in a preheated oven on degreescentigrade cuz it takes such a long time cookingI'm going to a couple left baking parchment around the outside just to make surethat isn't cooked too much on the outside slow down the cooking process it is wrapped around the outsideanti-peace a string just hold it in place this is now readyto go to the event now off to three hours checked if it's cooked byinserting a skewer it comes out pain it's ready if notpopping in for further our if you weren't going to go to talk onthe top just i connect piece a baking parchment to start to like this and said over thetop and I'll stop surface from going any darker any day now the cake is cooked and cooled and can be set just as he stays they canalso make this cake two to three months ahead of time if youcan't do that just wrapped tightly in some baking parchment and tin foil place in it airtightcontainer traditionally you can feed the cake and to do this you insert littleholes into the surface at the cake for the cocktail stick or skewer and then sprinkle over coupletablespoons a friend a now this at moistness and flavor to thefinish cake when it comes to finishing up the cake you can decorate its traditional waywith icing or keep it nice and simple with us break Holly and that's how you make atraditional Christmas cake