The holiday season is one of my favourites. There are so many delicious treats to enjoy, including wonderful Christmas Cake!
Today I am sharing a Delicious Light Christmas Cake Recipe passed by my Mother-in-Law. She has been baking these cakes for years, with her mother for many years, and I have enjoyed her cakes every Christmas.
This year, she showed us how to make the cake, and I was very excited to learn how to make it. It was also fun to have our youngest join in and help make the cake as well, and he enjoyed snacking on the candied fruits!
This cake is dense and rich, and looks like a beautiful mosaic when sliced, with beautiful, colourful fruits and nuts in every bite. You can sprinkle your cake with brandy if you wish or leave it alcohol-free. Our recipe contains no alcohol.
It is recommended to make this cake early, several weeks in advance, to allow time to mature. We made it this weekend, hoping to enjoy it closer to Christmas.
Fruit cake can be wrapped in plastic and then in aluminium foil, and you can freeze it for up to 3 months.
Here’s the easy to make recipe for you to try.
Delicious Light Christmas Cake Recipe
This delicious Light Christmas cake has a wonderful buttery taste studded with beautiful dried mixed fruits. The perfect festive blend of Christmas flavours! 1. Line cake pans with 2 thicknesses of heavy paper. Grease well. 2. Sift flour, measure and sift again with salt and baking powder. 3. Juice and grated rind of one lemon. 4. In a large bowl combine fruits, nuts, and lemon rind, dust with a sprinkle of measured flour. 5. Cream butter until creamy and light. Add sugar, beating between additions. Add eggs, unbeaten, one at a time, beating each one in thoroughly before adding next. If mixtures curdles, add a little measured flour, then continue to add eggs. Add dry ingredients gradually, beating between additions. 6. Add lemon juice, fruits and nuts. Mix well. 7. Fill pans 2/3 full. 9. Leave cake in the pan until cold, then remove and wrap well, store in a cool place. ENJOYDelicious Light Christmas Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
8. Bake 275 F for 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Once done, a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake should come out clean
If you make this recipe, I would love to hear what you think!
Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
xo
73 Comments on “Delicious Light Christmas Cake Recipe”
This must taste so delicious after the flavours have had a chance to sit and meld together. My hubby would love this!
Looks delicious,i must try this for my daughter and I .Thank you for sharing .
It looks delicious. I don’t appreciate peel, but everything else sounds wonderful.
My parents would love this! Thank you for the recipe!
I am usually not a big fan, but I would definitely give this a try
Well this sounds very good, I love fruitcake or Christmas cake, and it’s one of my treats I wait for every year, I like my slice with a good spread of butter, mmmmmm!!!!
That is a lot of work, but looks so good!!!
That is a great recipe one of the easier ones that I have come across.
I have never been a big fan of fruit cake, seems like all the ones I tried growing were super dry.
This would be perfect to bring to family dinner. Pinning for later!
I usually don’t like store bought fruit cakes, this one looks really easy to make and sounds delicious.
I am one of those people who loves, LOVES fruit cake! I will have to try this!
I’m curious at to why it’s called “light.” Is it because it doesn’t have a lot of spices in it?
It is just the colour π There is a dark Christmas Cake and this one is the Light colour one!Β
I have not had Christmas Fruit Cake in so long. Not since when I lived at home with my parents. Hmmm — perfects a visit down memory lane soon.
I enjoy Christmas cake but my family not so much so I just buy a little one to enjoy at Christmas.
I did not enjoy this in my youth, but last year I was gifted one and I ate the whole thing. I think you appreciate it more with age lol
Is there such a thing as a light Christmas cake? Just kidding! This cake looks easy enough for my kids to make. Thanks!
Oh this picture makes me drool, sadly I can not have any this season as I had full mouth dental surgery, so all I can do is look at the pictures and imagine what it tastes like..lol
This is one of those things I think I will just never make as well as my mom does
I love Christmas Cake! I just might have to make this! Thanks for sharing!
I am usually not a fruit cake fan, but this one looks pretty good, so will give this recipe a try. My family does love fruitcake.
I can’t say I’m a big fan of fruit cake, but you make it look and sound so good. I just may have to give it a try. π
Love it! So festive!
so pretty, i like the holly. and the almonds yum
Looks delicious! I must give this recipe a try!
A Christmas Cake that you won’t re-gift!
I love fruitcake and I could eat it all year round. Looks like a delicious recipe.
Never been a fan of Christmas cake.
This looks so good, I just might try making this cake this year.
I don’t love fruitcake, but it’s very nostalgic for me so one of these years I’m going to give in and make one, and I’ll probably love it.
Yummy! Definitely making this
It look so beautiful, really like the light color. My husband would love this fruit cake.
I love a fruitcake for the Holidays. This Christmas cake looks delicious! Thank you for sharing your recipe.
It’s so special to pass on family recipes!
This is something I have never made. I’d like to give it a try!
I have not made this before. This looks super delish.
This looks amazing! Iβll have to try it for our Xmas baking exchange . Yum πΒ
This looks so good! I might have to try making it! Thanks for sharing. π
I don’t like a heavy Christmas cake, sao going to give this a go. Sounds delicious!! I alway make a big one for the care home residents in my community.
Who doesn’t love a great fruit cake. always seems to make the season more
Would it be christmas without a great cake??
I love that you shared this awesome recipe. My family will enjoy it because I am baking this fruit cake for Christmas.
Beautiul cake and I have all ingredients on hand. Going to give this a try before the holidays!
I love fruitcake This looks delicious
You say ‘ cake pans ‘ Can you be more specific?
This looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it. It wouldn’t be Christmas without a fruit cake.
Wow! I havenβt found a recipe that sounded appealing but Iβll be saving and trying this one.. my grandma and in laws love this cake!Β
I love Christmas cake. Thanks for the recipe.
Does Christmas cake get better the older you get? Or is that just me? I love it!
This cake looks amazing It would give me a good arm workout
Thank you for sharing. I actually love Christmas Cake if it’s not too dense. This one looks perfect.
Looks so beautiful and very festive with all the Christmas colours!
This looks delicious, I love a light fruit cake!
I could not find all of the ingredients this year for mine at three different stores! Yours looks wonderful.
This looks and sounds delicious.
I’m not usually a big fan of Christmas Cake, but yours looks yummy!
I havenβt had a fruit cake since I was a child. Iβm going to try this recipe with the kiddosΒ
Christmas cakes always look so festive! Unfortunately they are one of those foods that you either love or hate and most in my household don’t like them. I guess I could make one just for me!
This Christmas cake looks delicious
I love fruitcake but find it is too expensive to make when most of my family doesn’t like it so I just bought a small piece at our local bakery.
Thanks for sharing this sounds like a really nice recipe! Looks delicious
I have to make this cake it looks delicious
I am excited to make this this year! My family loved it.
I am looking forward to getting started on my Christmas baking. I really enjoy fruit cake and this recipe looks delicious.
This recipe reminded me of my nan, she always had a fruit cake in her freezer for unexpected company.
I would love to have a piece of this cake with my coffee It looks so good
Perfect for the holidays!
One of my favourites around this time of year!
I just bought a small dark fruit cake this year and a sample from it was delicious.I don’t make fruit cake since most of my family don’t like it.
Not a Christmas cake fan, but my family loves them so will gove this a go.
Thank you for the recipe. This cake looks delicious. I love to have fruitcake during the Holiday season.
My mom makes a very similar fruit cake, itβs delicious!