English christmas cupcake

Girls, stocked up on dried fruits? I'm in full combat. Although the family, represented by my daughter and son-in-law (my beloved husband didn’t try, he cannot) were not appreciated. But me, my sister and sister-in-law, well, really liked the cupcake! I gave my sister one with me, so everyone at work appreciated it too. Hearing praise from chefs and pastry chefs is worth a lot. They asked me to bring it again. So I will definitely do it!

I'm already ready too)

[Irina]

Irina.. girls have never baked him. I want to try.
Is molasses essential?

[Kokoschka]

Kokoschka, Lilia, I always put honey, I have never met molasses.

[Kokoschka]

Kokoschka, Lilia, I did it with honey, everything worked out great! My daughter bought almonds in 50 g packs yesterday in Ashan-read-smiled-it is written. that peanuts are allowed. She freaked out the packs, exhaled - no peanuts were found.

[Evgeniya]

that peanuts are allowed.

No words .....

Evgeniya, I will also do it with honey

I made a list of dried fruits, which ones to take. Today I found beetles in large raisins. It's a shame.

I'm going to bake for the first time this year)) I've already soaked dried fruits) and before that I read all 141 pages of the topic very interestingly. True, dried fruits are expensive, contagions, but here I went bankrupt) I really want to try, what happens ...

re-read all 141 pages of the topic

Hero!!!
It will turn out very tasty

Girls on the first page where there should be photos, how to decorate them ...
Maybe someone remembers there is a cacof page .... if there is of course.

[Kokoschka]

Kokoschka, the author did not have other photos, each decorated as he thought of, it is in the text, look through.

Irochka understood, I'll see ...
very interestingly differs from Stolen?

You can not decorate, I did not decorate, well, or, decorate only one, for the festive table, there seemed to be a lot of photos.
Here, pulled out of our topic, the girls were decorating.

Is it time to soak dried fruits? Please place the deadlines for harvesting nuts on the first page.

So, we read the original source, this week we are preparing spare parts for the filling, and on November 19 we begin to "wet" the filling.

Irochka understood, I'll see ...
very interestingly differs from Stolen?

From that Stollen's recipe, which Tantsya gave, I think, is strong.

very interestingly differs from Stolen?

Lily, aka cognac is soaked for 6 weeks. I haven't baked Tannin yet. I agree with Irinka that tastes are completely different.
I peel orange and long peels on candied fruits. Today I saw almonds at 780 per kilogram. Something cheap, maybe old? Everywhere for 1000.

[Scops owl]

Scops owl, I baked the adits. We liked it very much. True, they ate one in a day and the second in two weeks.
I didn’t notice the difference ...

It's just that the muffin has the same high content of dried fruit and wondered if it was similar
But I want to bake, yesterday we bought dried fruits in Auchan.
Larissa, how are you going to make candied fruits?

[Lily]

Larissa, will you make candied fruits?

Lily, on our forum recipe-Candied peels of citrus fruits. I soaked them for 2 days. Today I need to cook the syrup. I want to cook my own, but I haven't bought dried fruits yet. I'll take closer to 18.

[Scops owl]

Scops owl, Larissa, I had lemons made according to Romin's recipe. Today I decided to use them.
I put dried fruits on everything! Waiting ....
True, the figs were not cut into pieces. Tomorrow I'll probably cut it. but how it will be processed. and dried apricots. the prunes probably also need to be cut, or not?

[Kokoschka]

Kokoschka Lilia, I made Kroshi's recipe.https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=122608.0 While I cook the crusts for candied fruits, I will cut and soak the numbers 17-18. I'll see how I'll work. The oven is planning ~ 25.
For myself, I roughly made a list of which dried fruits to buy. I'll cut and soak everything at once.
I don’t understand, you have not soaked everything? In general, they should be soaked for a week. They stayed with me once and stayed longer, a few more months. Everything was fine. For some reason, Lyuda Husky's nuts began to taste bitter.
I'll take figs (we like it very much in a muffin), dried apricots, prunes, different raisins and something sour. Cherries or cranberries. I also like when there are nuts in the muffin. Many are not satisfied that because of them the cake crumbles when slicing. I have no such problems, I cut it neatly. And nuts enrich the taste. That year I put a lot of raisins, dried apricots, prunes, etc. into the filling, but very few nuts. Personally, I have a "wrong coat".

[Larissa]

Larissa, I soaked it, but then the board that did not cut lie coarsely ..., now I'll go cut it ...

Lovely girls, well what? Has anyone already baked?) I baked) a week ago. Today I took it out, soaked it in cognac, wrapped it up and put it back in the cabinet. While the flight is normal) smells delicious

I'm just going to start slicing the tempting treats.

I'm just in a hurry) I want for the New Year, including for gifts) and if according to the schedule, then, if I counted correctly, they soak today)

I wanted to soak it yesterday, but it didn't work out. Figs were caught with beetles and worms. Today I went back and bought a new one. Now we cut.

And soaked it on Monday, on Tuesday I will bake.
Last year I didn’t bake a cupcake, in the summer we finished last year’s. stood for 19 months, tastes great. Convinced that it can stand for a long time

I just soaked it. True, only 1 kg. I will also make the dough in terms of 1 kg. Half of the eaters are now living in Krasnodar, and there is no way they can be told. And this portion will be enough for the rest.

Last year, unfortunately, I missed it (baked 2011-12-13-14), and this year I prepared in advance. And now the first stage, soaking, is done. I wish everyone (and myself) delicious cupcakes

[izumka]

izumka, and I was going to send in a parcel. All my relatives live far from me. Girls, do you think it will come right ??

Added Sunday 20 Nov 2016 11:02 am

Lora0209, very appetizing still life

I constantly send in parcels, no questions, everything comes amazingly

[Lora0209]

Lora0209 Spices are in the dough.
I barely found a fig without worms and bugs. And I love him very much in a cupcake. For some reason, they don't start in dried apricots, prunes, but here ... It is very interesting about figs, but I don't know if it's true. The article stunned me. At work with girls, they were surprised. 🔗 on 1 page.

and I was going to send in a parcel

I constantly send in parcels, no questions, everything comes amazingly

So the question is not how they will reach the addressee. It's just that Russia for our mail and other carriers has become abroad, and when the cost of the shipment was announced to me, the cupcake will become gold

Good morning! Is there anyone else here? At night today I baked cupcakes for the first time, so they did not rise at all: cray: And if I overexposed one batch of soaking, will the raisins feel baked?

[Vikavika]

Vikavikaare the cupcakes baked? depart from the walls of the form? dry splinter? I, too, did not seem to have risen much. so, just a little. How long did they bake? did they put the uniform on the newspapers? foil then wrapped? and maybe it is better then to cut off the walls, where the dried fruits are burnt?

Yes, they are moving away from the walls, but the bottom line is that the cupcakes, which were baked for 4 hours, turned out beautiful, but the splinter is not completely dry, and with the second batch, "a little" dozed off, and they stood for 6 hours, and the darkening became, but dry splinter
It's just that everyone in the photo has such straight cupcakes, and my fruits are fried with a layer of dough
And for the idea to cut, Thank you very much

Added Thursday, December 15, 2016 10:59 am

And yes, I did everything according to the instructions, laid the paper under the forms, then wrapped everything

I was also afraid to overexpose and checked the readiness in this way - the top of the cake is a little springy and, if I press it with my finger slightly, it restores its shape. and departs from the walls of the form. So that's it, I took them out. And the splinter, too, was not completely dry, but as if oily or something. But I was more guided by the test with my finger than by the splinter itself. Well, the second batch, apparently, was overbaked ... It's a pity, but you shouldn't be upset. It is necessary to try to carefully cut off the burnt areas with a sharp knife, and then soak. Well, I think so ...

[Vika]

Vika, I usually, if something burns (for example, the bottom of the cake), I remove this layer with the finest grater. Try it, maybe it will suit you.

[izumka]

izumka And me too.
For some year I had dark, not overcooked, but on the verge. And nothing was saturated, delicious steel. And if you cut it off, it doesn't matter. The top with the sides will be decorated, but the bottom is not visible. There is little time left to saturate

[Vikavika]

Dear girls, well, ate cupcakes and keep quiet ?? I baked for the first time in that year. As far as I can tell - everything worked out)) Very tasty, spicy, unusual! I regretted the nuts in the filling (expensive, infection), but in vain. I missed them in my taste ... Most of the cupcakes could not resist - they ate themselves). Partially given away. All the gifts were delighted and asked for the recipe. But when I started telling them how to cook it all, they bulged my eyes and said: "No, no, no, you'd better cook it yourself, but treat us to it."
They even threatened to buy food. Lazy people)) And I really liked the process itself. And I don't see anything complicated. And very exciting. I will definitely repeat it at the end of this year. )Vikavikahow are your cupcakes, everything ok ?? )

[bagiraSochi]

bagiraSochi, made two cupcakes presented. one ate. and one still lies,
The taste is extraordinary. Gave her friend and sister, they are delighted.
Sister poured icing ... looks very impressive. but the glaze is not very tasty. There is one more left now, I'll think about pouring something tastier ...

[Kokoschka]

Kokoschka, Lily, beauty! ) class! and I deliberately did not pour anything, other tastes seemed superfluous to me (chocolate, fudge, for example), but marzipan would fit in, but I didn’t do it - I saved it)

We just tried it today. Well, as always delicious ... Yesterday I gave it. Ir, I have the same story, everyone wants to eat, they hint, ask in plain text, wait, hope and believe in me You can't force yourself to do it under a gun. How to hear what and how. Oooh ...
I also saved some year on nuts and I also liked it less. Now I decorate just poorer. I used to buy expensive nuts, but now the raisins are light-dark and slightly walnuts. Just patterns, flowers. It's still beautiful.

And for me, girls, here's another question) I tried the cake 2 times soaked and then soaked as it should be. So, it seemed to me (or only seemed to me) that the one that had been soaked for 6 weeks became sweeter, perhaps, already cloying. The one for two weeks seemed to be less sweet ... Or is it just a gustatory deception?))

[Irina]

Irina, I can’t say anything I have been soaked for 5 weeks ...
Scops owl, Larissa, I, too, now decided to bake ... dark raisins light raisins a little dried apricots and prunes and a little nuts ...

Added Friday 13 Jan 2017 1:59 pm

Just patterns, flowers. It's still beautiful.

How's that?

[Kokoschka]

Kokoschka Lily, I punch apricot jam with a blender, boil it, I can splash vodka. If I hope I can stand it longer. Although the apricot hardens well and seals the cake. After all, it does not deteriorate for a long time, all in alcohol.
I coat the sides and roll it with coconut. Nice and budget. Like in the snow. Then I smear the top and spread the raisins and nuts. Well, like in the middle of a dark raisin, and around the petals of light raisins or 4 pieces of walnuts. Light or dark along the perimeter and the same raisin flowers from the sides. I fill the middle with raisins. Let it dry for 3-4 hours and coat with sugar syrup. 3 tbsp. l. sugar and 4 tbsp. l. 3-4 minutes of water boil.When you run along the bottom, the strip should appear and converge again. So it's time to turn it off. If you boil it hard on raisins, it will be matte, not beautiful. And so everything shines. Then it dries up and I remove them.
Now I've packed them. Somewhere there was a photo before.

[Larissa]

Larissa, great!
If you find a photo, it would be great!
Of course, I understood approximately, but as I understood, I don't know ..... Is it right .....

Here is an old photo from the gallery.

This year is different, but the principle is the same.

[Larissa]

Larissa, thank you tremendous 🌻🌻🌻understood and when covered with syrup it freezes and then does not stick?

No, it doesn't stick. It is not frozen. This year I smeared with a brush, I was afraid not enough. I baked 2 norms of cake and boiled 2 times more syrup. When you lubricate the consistency itself, you will feel it. If the liquid is again a bit on fire.