Sri Lankan Christmas Cake Recipe – By Malsha – eLanka Ingredients: Dried Fruits (Step 1) 250 g Sultanas 100 g Raisins 125 g Ginger preserve or candied ginger, chopped 125 g chow chow, chopped 250 g glace cherry or macerated cherries, chopped 200 g Brandy Semolina & Butter Mix (Step 2) 250 g Unsalted Butter 200 g Semolina Egg Yolk Mix (Step 3) 500 g White Sugar (Adjust to 400g based on fruit sweetness) 13 Egg Yolks Spices and Flavouring 14 g Almond Essence 14 g Vanilla Essence 2 tsp Rose Essence 3 tsp Mixed Spices Final Ingredients (Step 4) 40 g Golden Syrup or Bees Honey 200 g Strawberry Jam 400 g Cashews, chopped 400 g Pumpkin Preserve (also known as melon candy or puhul dosi), chopped Step 5 7 Egg Whites, beaten to soft peaks Assembly 250 g Ready-to-Roll Marzipan Enough Brandy to brush on the cake Instructions: ...
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Sri Lankan Christmas Cake – Spice Voyage Recipe #2 Source:Annakwiecinska On Day One you steep the fruit in spices and brandy and five days later you mix in the other ingredients and bake it for an hour and half. Here’s what you need to start: 100 grams each of: whole currants whole sultanas 100 grams each of roughly chopped: red gace cherries glace ginger raisins cashew nuts mixed peel – the Sri Lankan version is thickly syrupy candied pumpkin – again a local ingredient, substitute with candied pineapple The fruit will expand by almost 100% during steeping, so choose a large bowl to add all the ingredients together with: ...
