Cheat’s Christmas Cake: Quick And Easy Treats. Hello friends, so how are you today?
Do you want to make a Christmas cake this year but short on time? If so, how about cheating at making a Christmas Cake? No one will ever know!?
When the festive season starts to sneak up on us, the idea of baking a traditional Christmas cake can feel a little overwhelming.
Long soaking times, long baking times, and long ingredient lists… it’s enough to make anyone hesitate.
That’s why this Cheat’s Christmas Cake is an absolute game-changer.
Quick, easy, and wonderfully delicious, it gives you all the classic flavours of a traditional festive bake without the stress or the waiting.
If you’ve been searching for a quick and easy Christmas cake recipe, you’ve just found your new holiday favourite.
How To Make A Cheat’s Christmas Cake:
How To Make A Cheat’s Christmas Cake.
This simple Christmas cake recipe uses clever shortcuts and everyday ingredients to create a rich, fruity, spiced treat in a fraction of the time.
It’s perfect for last-minute baking, gifting, or whipping up when guests are due to arrive and you want something homemade and festive without spending hours in the kitchen.
Despite being a cheat’s version, it still delivers that wonderful Christmas aroma warm spices, sweet fruit, and a soft, moist texture that tastes like it took days to prepare.
Table Of Contents:
- Firstly, How To Make A Cheat’s Christmas Cake Ingredients.
- Secondly, How To Make A Cheat’s Christmas Cake Method.
- Thirdly, Other Recipe Ideas.
Preparation – 30 minutes | Cooking time – 10 minutes | Serves – 8
Ingredients:
- 1 x shop-bought rich fruit cake
- Vegetable oil
- 150g boiled fruit sweets
- 1 x 500g Tate & Lyle Royal Icing Sugar, sifted
- 5 tbsp. water
- Edible glitter
How To Make A Cheat’s Christmas Cake:
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
- Put the cake on a board and wrap some ribbon around the edge of the cake.
- Line a baking sheet with foil and brush lightly with oil.
- Unwrap the boiled sweets and put them on the baking sheet. Cook in the oven for 10 minutes until they have melted and run into each other.
- Let cool on the foil, then lift off and snip the pieces into shards.
- Mix the Tate & Lyle Icing Sugar and water together and whisk for 10 minutes. Using a small palette knife spread the icing over the top of the cake, flicking it into small peaks as you go.
- Then tease the edges of the icing down the sides to form icicles.
- While the icing is still soft, push the coloured sugar shards into the icing.
- Leave the cake to dry, sprinkle with edible glitter, then serve.
Cheat’s Christmas Cake: Quick And Easy Treats:
Recipe and photo credits- Tate & Lyle. So what do you think? Do you fancy trying this recipe? Plenty of time to make your own next year!
You Might Also Like A Few More Christmas Cake Recipes:
Mini Christmas Cakes:
Firstly, Mini Christmas Cakes.
So adorable. So it is nearly Christmas and if you have not made your Christmas cake by now, how about making some of these Mini Christmas Cakes?
Because these are not only traditional, they are also so much fun!! Great for afternoon tea. They are so sweet or should I say adorable!
Mini Christmas cakes are the epitome of sweetness and adorableness, encapsulating the festive spirit in every bite-sized treat.
These petite delights boast a perfect blend of rich, moist cake infused with warm spices and studded with plump, jewel-like dried fruits.
Also, Get The Recipe Here: Mini Christmas Cakes.
Secondly, Lyle’s Christmas Cake.
So tasty. Are you looking for a Christmas cake recipe anyone? If so I have the perfect recipe to share with you today.
You can make this one up to 3 months before Christmas if you wrap it in foil and keep adding Whiskey onto it.
Rich and dark, this wonderful cake is not just for Christmas but is also excellent for a small wedding or christening cake, or indeed just to have as a cut-and-come-again cake.
How to make a Christmas cake step by step instructions: Lyle’s Christmas Cake.
Blackberry And Blueberry Christmas Cake:
Thirdly, Blackberry And Blueberry Christmas Cake.
So yummy. If you are not a fan of heavy dried fruit cakes then try this light almondy sponge cake speckled with blackberries and blueberries drizzled with glace icing.
Gte the Recipe Here: Blackberry And Blueberry Christmas Cake.
Fourthly, Alternative Christmas Cakes.
Gifts Ideas For Christmas. Because who wouldn’t love these? So are you looking for something a little different to bake this year for Christmas?
How sweet are these Christmas cupcakes? A tasty original alternative to Christmas cake. Especially if your not a fan of too much dried fruit in Christmas cake!! Perfect for gifts for your guests, too.
So sweet. Looking for something a little different to bake this year? Alternative Christmas Cakes.
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Wow! Yummy cakes Claire. I could do with a slice for dessert!
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How To Make A Cheat’s Christmas Cake. Thanks for the comment Judy.