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Christmas cake

(33 Posts)
mumofmadboys Mon 20-Oct-25 23:42:06

I always use an old Stork recipe book to make my Christmas cake. I was thinking it was about time to make it and the said recipe book has disappeared! Despite searching everywhere it has gone! Does anyone have a Stork cook book from the 1980's? There is a chart of the ingredients for different size tins under Rich fruit cakes. If anyone has it ,would it be possible to photograph that page please? Many thanks

Whitewavemark2 Mon 20-Oct-25 23:45:53

Well, I can’t offer the recipe, but I can tell you that Mary Berry has a chart for different sized cake tins for rich fruit cakes on BBC Food.

Might help if you aren’t successful looking for the stork recipe.

mumofmadboys Mon 20-Oct-25 23:54:49

Thanks WWM

Moonwatcher1904 Mon 20-Oct-25 23:57:26

I've made mine with the old BeRo book that belonged to my mum but here is a Stork one I just found. I don't know the year but newer versions never seem to change much.

Moonwatcher1904 Tue 21-Oct-25 00:02:19

If you're having trouble reading it here is the link. Click on the pic on the site to enlarge it.
bibliocook.com/2013/12/christmas-baking-with-stork-2/

mumofmadboys Tue 21-Oct-25 06:22:18

Thank you Moonwatcher. That looks very near my recipe if not the same. The chart in my book has lots of different amounts of ingredients for various round or square cake tin sizes. However a round ten inch will be fine if no one has the other chart. Thank you for taking the trouble to post it for me.

Esmay Tue 21-Oct-25 07:15:07

I've lost my Sunday Times recipe for fruit cake .
It was wonderful .
The one trick that I've found invaluable in making fruit cake is to protect the uncooked cake with turkey foil on the outside of the tin and to bake it at a very low temperature .
I do mine overnight .

RosieandherMaw Tue 21-Oct-25 07:44:34

A double thickness of brown wrapping paper or even newspaper tied with string does the job as well .
The piece of greaseproof with a small circle in the middle laid on the top also stops it browning.
Delia also has a chart for different sizes of cake and as I recollect, also for square tins as well as round.

Moth62 Tue 21-Oct-25 07:54:24

I always use the recipe my mum used to make my 21st cake. It’s from a 1970s Marks & Spencer recipe book. I do mine overnight in the bottom oven of the Rayburn well protected with layers of newspaper/foil/greaseproof under/around/on top! One thing I did last year which I shall do again this year is to soak the dried fruit overnight in liqueur.

NotSpaghetti Tue 21-Oct-25 10:34:14

My family recipe was also cooked overnight - bottom oven of the Aga.

Allira Tue 21-Oct-25 11:24:01

RosieandherMaw

A double thickness of brown wrapping paper or even newspaper tied with string does the job as well .
The piece of greaseproof with a small circle in the middle laid on the top also stops it browning.
Delia also has a chart for different sizes of cake and as I recollect, also for square tins as well as round.

Yes, I use the brown paper and string round the tin.

mumofmadboys Tue 21-Oct-25 23:54:09

I will check Delia's chart for different cake sizes . Thanks all for suggestions. I don't usually put greaseproof on top of the cake but sounds a good idea.

Compster Wed 22-Oct-25 18:25:40

Hope this helps. Sorry one photo has turned on its side, unfortunately I don’t know how to turn it around 😂

mabon2 Wed 22-Oct-25 19:10:30

For decades I've used Delia's rich fruit cake recipe, add and subtract at my own discretion, Feed it with brandy now and then, delicious.

Primrose53 Wed 22-Oct-25 22:34:30

For years I made two Christmas cakes just as my Mum used to. She used a recipe given to her by the village baker and every year wrote down how much the ingredients cost.

One year my husband won an M and S Xmas cake and everybody said how wonderful it was so I stopped making my own. I now buy them from Aldi as we now prefer them to M and S.

DeeAitch56 Wed 22-Oct-25 23:20:40

Had a quick Google and found this recipe of any help

thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/christmas-cake/

DeeAitch56 Wed 22-Oct-25 23:22:58

Had a quick Google and found this if any help

thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/christmas-cake/

BlueSapphire Fri 24-Oct-25 23:19:14

I think I have that Stork book, it's a bit late now, but I will have a look in the morning.

mumofmadboys Sat 25-Oct-25 07:22:56

Thank you Compster - very useful. Also thanks Dee. What a great resource Gransnet is !

FranP Mon 27-Oct-25 00:07:40

thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/christmas-cake/

Moonwatcher1904 Mon 27-Oct-25 01:40:56

I bought some silicon baking sheets on a roll from one of the shopping channels. It's all I use in my baking tins and on baking sheets. Food doesn't stick and you can cut it to fit whatever you want. But not for use under a grill only for oven cooking. It washes easily. I can only find it on Amazon now.
www.amazon.co.uk/Silicone-Non-Stick-Reusable-Cutting-Resistant/dp/B0D6BLTQFL/ref=sr_1_54?s=kitchen&crid=1F2G4UM96PXJI&keywords=silicone%2Bbaking%2Bsheet&sprefix=silicon%2Bbaking%2Bsheet%2Ckitchen%2C89&th=1&dib_tag=se&xpid=TufoLPNLg3Bn7&tag=gransnetforum-21&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.y8GWOEtx07PklgiksBbHNbb_Inx-mhq4c19rmY1s1O9FcxRUotqeCdWlC862OmsKt9MwrXzHZC3nxR_q7QO6Ky8nQjmyF-A_CttqaWRACBo.DVyBZltDPy5tgWJbdGbNXm4yqirRE72XqnjE5956Keg&qid=1761528791&sr=1-54

Moth62 Mon 27-Oct-25 08:34:41

That’s my cake out after 12 hours in the bottom oven of the Rayburn last night. I’ll try and post a photo.

keepcalmandcavachon Mon 27-Oct-25 08:54:47

Ooh lovely Moth62 , bet your kitchen smells heavenly!

Moth62 Mon 27-Oct-25 09:12:07

It does! smile

Moth62 Mon 27-Oct-25 09:14:03

Especially since I’ve just poured a couple of spoonsful of whisky over the top.