Merry Christmas everyone! This is my last post before Christmas and it’s a nice simple snowflake cake that just needs a dusting of icing sugar and it’s done. That’s my kind of cake, especially at this time of the year when there’s so much to do.
I love creating patisserie, but sometimes all I want to eat is a nice simple cake that can be whipped up quickly and is lovely with a mug of tea or coffee – whichever is your poison.
This is a humble, light fruit cake but cooked in a Nordic Ware Snowflake Pan
This cake has raisins soaked in port for an hour or so and lots of mixed spice, mixed peel and nuts running through the light sponge, it tastes and smells of Christmas. Here’s the recipe.
Snowflake Cake
Ingredients
- 150 g Raisins
- 50 ml Port
- 40 g Mixed Peel
- 50 g Pecans roughly chopped
- 2 Tsp Mixed Spice
- 125 g Soft Dark Brown Sugar
- 125 g Unsalted Butter softened - plus extra for greasing
- 3 Eggs
- 125 g Plain Flour - plus extra for dusting the tin
- 3/4 Tsp Baking Powder
- 2 Tbsp Milk
Instructions
- Take the raisins and place them in a bowl with the port and leave them to soften and marinate for at least an hour or overnight.
- Prepare the tin by brushing it with melted butter and then dust it with flour. Turn the tin upside down and tap it to remove the excess flour.
- Preheat the oven to 160C Fan/180 Fan.
- When the raisins have marinated, add the mixed peel, pecans, mixed spice and stir everything together to combine it.
- Take the butter, place it in a stand mixer along with the sugar and beat the two together until light and fluffy.
- You may need to scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix it again, add the eggs one at a time until they are combined.
- Sift in the flour and baking powder and mix on low to combine. Finally add in the mixed fruits and nuts and stir by hand to mix evenly.
- Bake for 30-35 mins or until golden and a cocktail stick comes out clean.
Have a great Christmas everyone!
Thanks for reading.
Angela
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Ruby_&_Cake
I love the pan! It looks so so beautiful 🙂
patisseriemakesperfect
Thanks Ruby, it’s a great pan, I really loved this cake. Hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year
thalia @ butter and brioche
omg!! i LOVE the bundt pan (and the cake of course). definitely perfect for the season! i would so love a slice right now! Xx
patisseriemakesperfect
Thalia, thank you so much it’s a great pan you’re right. I’ll send a slice over to you! 🙂 xx
Anne
This cake is gorgeous! I love the color and everything! Amazing!
patisseriemakesperfect
Thank you Anne – It’s an amazing cake tin, I love it.
shashi at runninsrilankan
This cake is GORGEOUS! I have been craving a simple cake too and I might have to whip this up to enjoy sometime this week! Hop you had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!
patisseriemakesperfect
Thank you Shashi, I love a cake where you can just switch off and really relax while baking it, this is that cake! I had a wonderful Christmas and I hope you did too!
Brian Jones
Oh wow what a fantastic cake mould, that looks spectacular.
patisseriemakesperfect
Thanks Brian, it’s such a great cake tin!
The Purple Ladle
I love anything with fruit, booze and Christmas spices! This is such a pretty cake, love how it cuts apart!
patisseriemakesperfect
This cake is right up your street then 🙂 I love how it cuts apart as well, so inventive! Nordic Ware really is amazing.
Jolina
This is one of the prettiest cakes I’ve seen this season! Love the flavour combinations too. Delicious.
patisseriemakesperfect
Oh Jolina, thank you so much, I’m so pleased you like it, it was really tasty and so pretty.
kitchnwhisperer
Such delicious flavors and scents in this recipe. Such a cute idea too!
patisseriemakesperfect
Thank you, I’m so glad you like it, it was delicious.
Thanh @ Eat, Little Bird
Such a beautiful cake, Angela! I love love the cake tin. I fear I have a soft spot for all things Nordicware but my kitchen is just so tiny … but it would be lovely to have a cake tin like this around this time of the year. Hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas! xx
patisseriemakesperfect
Thank you so much Thanh! The cake tin is amazing, I have a very small kitchen too, but I just couldn’t leave this in the shop! I had a great Christmas thank you and I hope you did too. xx
Sugar et al.
So beautiful Angela! Never seen a snowflake cake before. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Hope your Holidays are lovely.
patisseriemakesperfect
Thank you, I’d never seen a snowflake cake before this tin either. It’s a really great tin. I had a lovely Christmas thank you, I hope you and your loved ones did too. xx
Jodie Dodd
So beautiful and perfect for Christmas! You’ve inspired, so I am making a Kahlua bundt cake for Christmas this year. I’ll eat an extra piece in your honor. 😀 Angela, I hope you and your loved ones have a very Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year! xx
patisseriemakesperfect
Jodie that cake sounds amazing. I love Kahlua, you’ll have to send me the recipe. I hope you enjoyed both pieces of the cake! Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. xx