Boozy Christmas cake from Fortnum & Mason: Christmas and Other Winter Feasts (page 106) by Tom Parker Bowles

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    Can substitute brandy for whisky.

  • SaraLena on January 03, 2026

    The overnight plumping of the dried fruit in the brandy creates the deepest and warmest flavour! This year I used shallow muffin top cupcake trays to bake little minis to gift because these cakes can be rather dense. It also spreads out the recipe nicely so you can double it if you want to make lots of gifts to giveaway. I’m finding it harder and harder to find candied fruits so buying them online in advance next year will probably be the way that I go sadly, local grocery stores just don’t carry them as much in the states. I usually top with apricot preserves and a marzipan fondant. This also keeps the cake very moist and fresh and can stay for several weeks around the holidays and the longer these cakes sit…the more of the flavour develops. Just make sure not to over or underbake!

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