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Swiss Roll Bombe Cake

Gordon Ramsay's Christmas Cake Recipe

Gordon Ramsay's Christmas cake is actually a no-bake bomb dessert. The recipe is quite simple and you need to make meringue filling. The outer layer is made of thinly cut swiss rolls. Then, you and the cake both have to chill and it's ready.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Chilling Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Chef's Delight
Cuisine American
Servings 10

Equipment

  • 2 Liter Bowl
  • 2 Large Bowls
  • Cling film
  • Small Heavy-Based Saucepan
  • Flat Plate
  • Whisk
  • Hand Blender
  • Spatula
  • Knife

Ingredients
  

  • 300 g Cake Flour
  • 200 g Butter
  • 50 g Cherries in Kirsch-Flavored Syrup
  • 150 ml Irish Whisky
  • 1 tablespoon Cinnamon Powder
  • 100 g Caster Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
  • 100 g Dark Brown Sugar
  • 50 g Preserved Stem Ginger in syrup (chopped) (1 tablespoon syrup from the jar)
  • 100 g Mixed Glacé Fruit (chopped)
  • 30 g Dry Nuts (chopped)
  • 3 large Egg Whole
  • 300 ml Double Cream
  • 75 ml Fresh Orange Juice
  • Few Redcurrant Sprigs (for topping)
  • Icing Sugar (for dusting)
  • 1 pinch Salt

Instructions
 

  • First of all, take a large bowl, whip dark brown sugar, caster sugar, butter (room-temperature) with a hand blender.
  • One-by one, add 3 whole eggs into the mixture.
  • Take another bowl and add flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon powder. Mix it well and transfer it to the bowl with egg mixture.
  • Place a pan over medium heat. Add the dry nuts, cherries, preserved ginger, mixtured fruit mixture in a mix of orange juice and Irish Whisky until the entire juice is absorbed.
  • Mixing the fruit mix glace with the cake batter. Add more orange juice to this mixture. Now, we'll add the remaining dry nuts into this final batter.
  • Take a cake tin, line it with parchment paper, transfer the batter to it and place it in an oven preheated at 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
  • Once, the cake is baked, take it out of the mold. Brush it with the remaining glaze to give it a nice shine, dust the cake with ice sugar before serving..
  • Your Christmas Cake is ready!
Keyword Christmas Cake, Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay's Christmas Cake
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