Christmas Cake Recipe
Ingredients
½ cup milk½ cup sugar
6 tablespoons butter
2 packages of active dry yeast
½ cup of warm water
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
¾ cup candied orange peel, chopped
½ cup raisins
½ cup candied lemon peel
Zest of 1 lemon
5 ½ cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
1.Heat the milk in a saucepan just until it starts to simmer.2.Remove from the heat and add the sugar and the butter.
3.Stir until the sugar dissolves.
4.Let the milk cool to lukewarm.
5.In the bowl of your stand mixer, sprinkle the yeast over the warm water.
6.Let stand for one minute.
7.Add the milk, eggs, and yolks.
8.Using the paddle attachment, beat the mixture on low until well mixed.
9.Add the raisins, candied fruit, and lemon zest.
10.Add the flour and beat until a stiff dough forms.
11.Butter a large bowl.
12.Place the dough in the bowl and turn it so that all sides of the dough have been greased.
13.Cover with a towel and let rise until it has doubled in size. This will take about 1 ½ hours.
14.Spray a 9-inch spring form pan with high sides, about 4-inches high, with non-stick spray.
15.Punch the dough down and move the dough to the prepared spring form pan.
16.Cover with a towel and let rise for 1 hour.
17.Place a rack in the lower part of the oven and preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
18.Slash a cross into the top of the cake.
19.Bake for one hour. Test doneness with a toothpick. If it comes out clean, your cake is done.
20.Let the cake cool on a rack for ten minutes.
21.Turn it out onto the rack and let it cool completely.
