Mini Christmas cakes
These delightful mini fruitcakes filled with Christmas spice make perfect gifts for friends and neighbours
Mini panettone
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook: -
- Plus 1½-2hrs rising
- More effort
- Makes 10
Skip to ingredients
- 2 eggsplus 1 yolk
- 1 tsp vanillapaste or extract
- 500g plain flour
- 2 x 7g sachets easy-bake dried yeast
- 100g caster sugar
- 200ml warm milk
- 200g soft butter
- 140g mixed dried fruit
- 100g mixed candied peel
- milkfor brushing
- 1-2 tbsp flaked almonds
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal472
- fat20g
- saturates11g
- carbs71g
- sugars30g
- fibre2g
- protein9g
- salt0.65glow
Method
step 1
Beat the eggs and yolk with the vanilla. In a large bowl, mix the flour, yeast, sugar and ½ tsp salt. Add the warm milk and egg mixture, then beat to a very soft, sticky dough with a wooden spoon. Cover with cling film and leave in a warm place until the dough has doubled in size.
step 2
Drop large muffin wraps into 10 clean, 200g size cans (or use a muffin tray), or line them carefully with baking parchment so that the paper comes well above the cans to make a collar.
step 3
Blend the butter, fruit and peel into the risen dough, preferably with your hands. Cut into 10 equal pieces and drop a piece into each prepared can. Cover again and leave until they are very well risen.
step 4
Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Gently brush the panettone with milk, scatter over the almonds and bake for 25-30 mins until golden. Eat within 3 days, or freeze for up to 6 weeks.
