Make the best Christmas cake

T he festive season is here which means family comes first and there is no better way to make family happy than through their stomachs. Nothing says happy more than having delicious cake which may actually act as a lure during Christmas. Therefore, it is important to know how to make the best Christmas cake properly for it to be the talk of the Christmas party. There are so many different cakes available and all you have to do is just choose. The favorite ones include chocolate, gin, cherry and tea. A perfect Christmas cake should be spicy and rich but never heavy which is why doing it properly is important. Here, we will show you how to make a tropical Christmas cake. The ingredients include: - Tangy and sweet fruit mix(dried) - Muscovado sugar - Dried finely chopped mango - Softened unsalted butter - Grated zest of 1 orange - Plain flour - Spiced rum - 2 tablespoon desiccated coconut - 1Tablespoon of vanilla paste - 2 tablespoon mixed spice - 3 eggs, beaten - Finely chopped pitted dates - 1 tsp ginger, Cinnamon - 1/2 tablespoon ground cloves and nutmeg Method • Mix zest, dried fruit, dates, rum, vanilla and mango in a bowl. Cover with cling film and leave it to soak overnight. • Preheat the oven to 130°C fan. Use baking parchment to line and grease 20cm cake tin. • Put sugar and butter into a large bowl and beat until creamy and light. Whisk in eggs gradually while adding flour. Add spices, ginger and coconut then stir to combine. • Tip the mixture into the tin smoothing the surface. Scoop a hollow in the middle preventing the doming effect. • Put in oven for 1 hour, cover with foil and bake for another 45min then check. If skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean, then it is done. Leave to cool in its parchment paper. • Feed cake every week with 2tbsp spiced rum using a skewer. Re-wrap well and continue doing this up until a week you ice your cake in order to make sure it has enough time to dry out. The information above shows how to make the best Christmas cake properly during this festive season.