Feeding the Christmas Cake
Asked on 25 Nov 2020 by Lynda Walker
Hi , I followed Delia's Christmas cake recipe and set my oven at 140 degrees for 4 and a half hours, but alas my oven is fan (no reference is made to fan ovens :( and it is overcooked and somewhat hard!! Are there any recipes out there for over-cooked Christmas cake, or anyway to rescue it?
I have cooked another one and it is fine...:) . Feeding it but wondering how often and how much brandy to feed it. Thank you.
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Hello,
All of Delia’s recipes that require and oven are tested using conventional top and bottom heat, so if you are using a fan oven, you need to reduce the oven temperature by 20 degrees.
You say ‘overcooked’ but you don’t say burnt. If it isn’t burnt I’d feed it and also use a pastry brush dipped in Armagnac or Brandy to apply a coat of alcohol all over the top and sides of the cake, then wrap in parchment and foil and pop it in a lidded container in a cool place for a week or two before feeding again.
I ‘feed’ an 8 inch cake with 2 - 3 teaspoons about 6 times so between 60 and 100mls in all.
If you search ‘leftover Christmas cake recipes’ there are a number about including brownies, trifle, tarts and bread pudding.
Kind regards
Lindsey