This is the baking for you if you left it to the last minute. Christmas Slice fast, no commitments necessary!
Christmas slice
Christmas apparently is not the time to start new things. It’s not time to commit to anything new or start any thing that needs change. Everyone is just trying to get to the end of the year in one piece. That’s what I have been told anyway. A lot of the last few weeks is clearly spent wondering what can be done about Christmas, the food, the relatives and the actual day. And before we all know it, Christmas day is here.
I guess it’s just easier for everyone if there is a beginning date to start things each year. That would probably be the first of January. I believe this is true because each year on my birthday, everyone seems to be either giving up drinking or starting on a new plan of some kind, like giving up food or not spending money or some such thing. No one seems to start this kind of plan before Jesus’s birthday do they now?. No they always begin on mine!.
So this year I am going to help you get to Christmas day in one piece with a few last minute no commitment type things to cook. These are for you if you are busy working or just busy in general. This slice, nee cake is the first of those things.
The no commitment Christmas Cake
Here’s the ultimate No Commitment Christmas Slice ( or thin cake), just in case you dont want to start anything that takes a long time right now. This doesn’t take long to bake, it can be decorated with what ever you like and you can eat it straight away. there are no commitments here.
Christmas Slice fast!
Ingredients
- 500 gm mixed fruit ( sultanas raisins, cranberries etc)
- 150 gm macadamias or hazelnuts or almonds
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- 250 gm Self Raising Flour 1 1/2 cups
- 1 whole lemon zested and juiced
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 whole eggs large
- 200 gm butter
- 250 gm brown sugar
- 250 gm glace fruit large pieces
- 6 whole macadamias
- 1/2 cup strawberry or apricot conserve melted
Instructions
- Set the oven to 170 C / 340 F Melt the butter and sugar. Adding the spices.
- Put the fruit, eggs, flour, zest and juice, eggs and cooled butter mixture into a stand mixer (or a large bowl) . Mix all together well to combined.
- Pour into the well lined tray and bake for 1 hour - 10 minutes, covering with foil if it starts to get too dark. If it gets too dark it will dry out.
- Cool the cake.
- Decorate by painting with conserve (jam) and then pressing the glace fruit onto the top.
Notes
This fruit came from Harkola in Auburn
Christmas quickly
Beautiful fruit cake! I want a slice of it now!
I love the name of the cake. Actually I am in the process of formulating some new plans and then committing to them, but it usually isn’t a great time to be doing this. A start date is a great idea, not just the deadline.
Your birthday just happens to be the perfect, finished-all-the-leftovers, timing after Christmas to pretend to be turning over a new leaf! Does that mean more cake for you? 😉
I am a secret fruit cake lover and this cake reminds me of one my parents used to make when we were in Sri Lanka – delightful!
This looks like a gorgeous festive slice! I’ve planned all my desserts now up to Christmas but in the new year when everyone is dieting and being boring, I might just have to make this 🙂
It looks absolutely gorgeous, T! I love those glace fruits we bought! 🙂
A beautiful cake! I love the fruits on the top.
Cheers,
Rosa
I could benefit from no commitment recipes most of the time, if truth be told 😉 I have such trouble following specific ingredient / preparation lists – being able to throw whatever I want on top of a cake sounds perfect! Yours looks gorgeous as you’ve made it too 🙂
I love how this has all the fruits on top of it. And yes; it’s a very frantic time of year and there’s that sinking and stressful feeling that no matter what you do, you’re never going to get to the finish line in one piece – there will always be projects and tasks left unfinished. Alas, I know that’s true of me! This cake/slice looks so lovely and festive and it’s great it can be whipped up in a short space of time! xx
I like this cake. You and my father-in-law share the same birthday – along with 900 million other people. 🙂
I had to laugh when you talked about everyone goes on a diet on your birthday. Poor thing!
I wouldn’t dare to try anything new at Christmas- at least nothing to do with the food for lunch! But as luck would have it, I’m the only one in the family who likes fruit cake and glace fruit and I’m not afraid to try such yumminess as your lovely slice 🙂
What a glorious fruit cake! It looks seriously rich and tempting, Tania.
Oh Tania, this is a gorgeous cake. I’ve been looking around for just the perfect Christmas fruitcake recipe (unless I resort to my Mother’s) and this just may be it! Happy Holidays!
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Love all the fruits on top!
G’day! Looks lovely, true!
Love your photo and recipe! Love it doesn’t take long to bake and can use up any dried fruits one has on hand too!
Cheers! Joanne
This looks so quick and easy! None of that annoying (and time consuming) rig morale!