Christmas cake

What a good idea, Alea! I don't have a dog , but I'll sort out some suitably sized tins for the individual cakes I want to make this year. To the kitchen....

Years ago when I did catering, I used to cook individual Christmas cakes in large dog food tins (OK I washed them out first!) for my elderly gentlefolk who lived alone and just wanted something to offer guests with the obligatory glass of sherry. Very popular too!

Is this Coconut lemon cake..??

That US recipe sounds a very nice light cake, Mollymatz Quite unlike the traditional Christmas fruitcake that is usual over here. I don't think any of mine would recognise it as a Christmas cake though.

Not what most of us would call Christmas cake Mollymatz. I am assuming you are not from Britain. Who is the baby you refer to in this an another thread ?

Gill208 I think your last post is about right.

My children really love Christmas cake. Every Christmas I used to prepare Christmas cake for my baby.

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar $
4 large eggs, separated $
3 cups all-purpose flour $
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup milk $
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt $
Lemon Filling
Fluffy White Frosting
1 cup flaked coconut
Garnishes: fresh cranberries, fresh boxwood sprigs

Thanks for the help - I think if I go with the combined weight of fruit etc I can use a 6' tin. It seems a shame to make a smaller one but either my son ends up eating left over christmas cake for breakfast or I just throw it away which goes against the grain a bit.

I love Christmas cake, mainly the brandy soaked fruit cake. Icing and marzipan are expendable.

I love the smell of Xmas cake

I wondered if it's much smaller than 8" diameter it's going to be harder to get it to cook really well I would be worried that it would dry out too quickly in the cooking.
This recipe is for a six inch one.

allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/30548/small-christmas-cake.aspx

Right here goes as promised.
Rich Fruit Cake - you can adjust to your own recipe I would think

6" cake tin round or 5" square
Currants 5oz
Sultanas 3oz
Glace cherries 11/2 oz
Mixed cut peel 11/2 oz
Mixed chopped nuts 11/2oz
Grated lemon rind (TSP) 3/4
Brandy (tblspn) 1
Plain flr 31/2oz
Mixed spices (TSP) 3/4
Ground almonds 1oz
Soft brown sugar 3oz
Butter softened 3oz
Black treacle (tbspn) 1/2
Eggs 2
Oven 140c gas 1

Test after 21/2 hrs.

Hope this helps. This is the smallest tin size

Before my mathematical mind can work it out I need to know whether the 8'' tin was round or square and how deep the cake was.

Thanks whitewall

If no-one gives you an idea I will look out one of my books as I do have a recipe for all sorts of sizes.

Excuse typing ladies - I'm using a a lap top and absolutely hate these flat keyboards. I learnt to type many many years ago and can't get going very quickly on this flat board so I seem make a lot of typos.

Give it 'ere!

I've still got Xmas cake in the freezer