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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.
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Christmas Fruitcake with a Large Marzipan Checkerboard

A recipe by CakeChristmas / Updated on 30 October 2026.

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.

1 cake of 18 x 24 cm, 12 parts / Butter paste garnished with macerated fruits then slow cooking

12Indicative portions
45 minPreparation
1 h 10Baking
16 hRest & Cooling
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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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Preparation

  1. Macerate the fruit in the juice for 2 hours. Line the frame 18 x 24 cm high by 5 cm, heat the oven to 150 °C.
  2. Cream butter and brown sugar. Stir the eggs one by one and then flour, almond, baking powder, cinnamon and zest.
  3. Stir in fruit and juice, spread in the frame about 3 cm thick, not more than two-thirds. Keep a possible surplus in ramequin. Cook 55 to 70 minutes; a central skewer should come out without raw dough.
  4. Cool completely in the frame, unmold and let rest a packed night. Divide the marzipan in half; color one half pink and the other half yellow. Spread 2 to 3 mm between papers and cut six 6 x 6 cm squares of each color. Keep the offcuts to accompany.
  5. Brush the top of the cake with 20 g of gently warmed jam. Place the twelve plates in checkerboard three by four, making them touch each other without superimposing them. Cut along lines to serve.

Preserve and Serve

5 days in refrigerator, well packed; serve at room temperature.

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  • Preheat the oven according to the plug and prepare the mold before mixing the last ingredients.
  • Uses the dimensions and cooking mode indicated: a higher or wider mold changes the cooking of the center.
  • Follow the visual cues of step by step in addition to the duration. Respect the intended cooling before unmoulding or decorating.

Substitutions and variations

Blond or brown raisins can be used at the same weight; retains the soaking step when it is planned.

To vary a zest, choose another citrus fruit washed and intended for this use, keeping the same amount. Does not automatically replace juice, whose acidity can change the preparation.

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