Easy Square Christmas Cake
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
A traditional British Christmas cake made simple, with dried fruit soaked in sherry, warm spices, and fondant icing. A festive, fruitcake-style dessert for holiday celebrations.
We index the facts; the cooking instructions live with the creator.
Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
serves 30- 1 kg mixed dried fruit (ideally including mixed peel – see Note 1)
- Juice of 2 oranges
- 200 ml sherry (or brandy / whisky / gin / rum – or use apple juice if you want this to be alcohol free)
- 200 ml boiling water
- 300 g butter (plus extra for greasing)
- 300 g soft dark brown sugar (or muscovado sugar)
- 4 large eggs
- 300 g self-raising flour (US – self-rising flour)
- 4 teaspoons mixed spice (or pumpkin spice)
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 400 g glacé cherries halved
- 1 kg marzipan I prefer the paler ‘natural’ colour… but the bright yellow stuff works too!
- 1 kg white fondant icing
- Icing sugar US – confectioner’s sugar (for rolling out the marzipan and fondant icing)
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 150M
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
Complete estimate · 100% of estimated mass resolved
All countable ingredients resolved. Figures are per serving.
- Prep
- 30m
- Cook
- 2m
- Sodium
- 155mg
- Total sugar
- 84g
Added sugar is not shown when one or more ingredients lack reliable added-sugar evidence.
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 86mg
- Calcium
- 116mg
- Iron
- 2mg
Estimated from ingredients; USDA coverage varies by food.
- PREP
- 30M
- SODIUM
- 155MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.