Search Over 15,000 Recipes

Advanced Search

Ingredients

Exclude

Cuisine
Collections
Chef Name
Show Name

Recipes from: Celebrity Chefs
Member Chefs
Both
Recipes must have: Video Photo

Festive Cake

Recipe by Anna Gare from Quickies In My Kitchen

Pin It

This is the cake my family gets treated to each year at Christmas or Easter. Every year it is a little different depending on what dried fruits or nuts I have in store. I’ve never been a fruit cake fan but the chocolate & meringue base makes all the difference & you can make this one a few days before as it will keep for at least a week in an airtight container in the fridge.

Ingredients

300gms dark cooking chocolate
100gms almonds
100gms brazil nuts
100gms pecan nuts
150gms dates (seedless)
100gms glace red cherries
100gms soft dried figs
50gms crystallised ginger
Large teaspoon ground cinnamon
7 egg whites
150gms castor sugar

Measurement Conversion Calculator

Method

Place nuts & cooking chocolate into food processor & pulse until roughly chopped.
Finely chop dates, cherries, figs & ginger.
Combine nuts, chocolate, fruit & cinnamon in large bowl.
Beat egg whites until stiff, gradually beat in sugar until dissolved.
Fold egg whites into fruit & nut mixture.
Spoon into a 25cm lined cake tin.
Bake in pre-heated oven (180 degree C) for about 45 mins to 1 hr. (cooking time may vary depending on your oven)
Allow to cool in open oven.
Dust with icing sugar & serve with whipped cream spiked with a splash of brandy.

No Rating

Recipe Rating

What do you think?

Jan Baker 2 months ago

I saw you make a version of this at the Brisbane Good Food and Wine Show and thought it was delicious. I have made it a few times now and have made different variations - I personally like using figs and brazil nuts. It's a great cake and all my work colleagues agree!

Reply to this comment | Report abuse
Peter311 June 2011

Haven't made it yet , Looks the best , will do it next sunday .

Reply to this comment | Report abuse
Kimbo November 2010

Anna, This is a fabulous cake fantasic for Gluten & Dairy Free diet.....everyone loves it. (yes I even found a gluten & dairy fee chocolate) this is now my new Christmas Cake...

Reply to this comment | Report abuse
ghlew October 2010

Made this last night and it was just beautiful!! Lovely textures with the combination of meringue and nuts. Just could not decide which I liked better - eating it warm or cold! Very, very, yummy. Thanks, Anna!

Reply to this comment | Report abuse
Barb July 2010

When I saw this cake on the latest Quickies show I knew I would just have to make it! Love the show and the inspiration of good quick yummy food for my family and me!

Reply to this comment | Report abuse
More
You will need to be a member to leave a comment - Log in / Register

Add a new comment

Name:

E-Mail:

Password: