One dessert / Nine interpretations

English Christmas cake with dried fruits: choose your mood

Find the ingredients, the assembly and the decor specific to each version.

Recipes to discover

The fruity cake is cooked in a low plate and then cut into twelve bricks. A thin layer of white marzipan covers only one edge of each brick as a buildup of snow. The photo shows part of the portions.

Trompe-l'oeil / 45 min of preparation

Snowy Christmas Fruitcake Bricks

The fruity cake is cooked in a low plate and then cut into twelve bricks. A thin layer of white marzipan covers only one edge of each brick as a buildup of snow.

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The fruit-rich cake is cooked in a low rectangle and then comes in three long separate boxes. Medallions of marzipan in star, round and crescent give three distinct scenes on the same board.

Manga & Chibi / 45 min preparation

Christmas Fruitcake Board

The fruit-rich cake is cooked in a low rectangle and then comes in three long separate boxes. Medallions of marzipan in star, round and crescent give three distinct scenes on the same board.

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Whole English Christmas cake, round and brown, slightly glossy apricot jam. A detached tip shows in the fruit-rich crumb a small clear section of almond halfway up each cut face; the entire ring remains hidden.

Surprise cakes / 35 min of preparation

Christmas Cake with Hidden Almond Ring

A ring of marzipan crosses the dense crumb with candied grapes and fruits.

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Whole English Christmas cake, round and brown, covered with three flat quarters of slightly translucent and supple orange jelly. The fourth quarter lies flat next to it; the window reveals small dice of candied fruit on the intact cake. No hard plate or slice of cake removed.

Decorations to reveal / 45 min preparation

Christmas cake with orange windows

Four sectors of orange jelly cover the top of the cake and withdraw to discover the candied fruits.

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Four squares of English cake bottom 10 cm, dense crumb rich in fruits visible on the sides. Two flat ribbons of crossed white-orange icing and small knot of white chocolate in the center, no packaging or real ribbon.

Cute & Kawaii / 50 min of preparation

Christmas Fruitcake Gift Boxes

The cake cooked in a square, divided into four small gifts; two ribbons with orange icing and a white knot remain flat.

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Two narrow and long English cakes, dark crumbs very rich in grapes and candied fruits, ivory band of marzipan in the center of the top and visible brown flanks; a detached slice.

Chic & Elegant / 40 min of preparation

Two Christmas Fruitcakes with Marzipan Stripes

The fruit-rich cake cooked in two narrow moulds. A strip of marzipan covers only the middle of the top, leaving the mahogany flanks visible.

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Whole round English cake quite high, brown crust satined very slightly apricot, a detached tip shows the dark crumb rich in grapes and candied fruits, without white icing.

Retro & Traditional / 30 min of preparation

Round Christmas Fruitcake

The cake is cooked in a high round mold and mature one night. Grapes and candied fruit fill the dark crumb, with a simple veil of jam on the top.

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Three small pieces of English fruit cake visible in the slice, thin square top in white marzipan bearing three broad streaks of icing, without packaging or figurine.

Snow & Ice / 45 min preparation

Mini Christmas Fruitcakes with Marzipan Tiles

The fruit-rich cake becomes twelve small cake squares; a thin plate of white almond adheres to each one thanks to the jam, with three large white streaks of icing.

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A rectangular and low whole English cake with fruits visible in the flanks, checkered tops of twelve large pink and yellow almond tiles, three by four, thin layers without knot or small pattern.

Pop & Colored / 45 min of preparation

Christmas Fruitcake with a Large Marzipan Checkerboard

The fruit cake cooked in a low rectangle; twelve plates of pink and yellow almond form a large edible checkerboard on the top, without covering the slices.

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