In a food processor whizz the almonds with the flour until the mix resembles crumbs.
Soft icing for fruitcake.
Beat in the eggs one by one then fold in the flour and almonds dried fruit and brandy.
Beat the butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy.
It s so simple to make and you ll feel like a kid again visiting grandma when you bite into it.
And here s how the making part goes down.
Just microwave the dried fruit with juice and or brandy then stand for 1 hour to soak up the liquid.
Apply the royal icing.
Use a spatula to clean around the edges of the bowl every so often as you whisk.
How to make christmas cake.
Royal icing can also be used to simply pipe decorative elements on the cake such as swirls swags and snowflakes.
Make the royal icing recipe and then spread it over the marzipan covered cake with a flat palette knife in either a smooth layer or swirled to make little peaks all over the surface of the cake.
Put the egg whites and icing sugar into the bowl and whisk for 5 7 mins until you have a thick very glossy frosting.
Scoop the frosting onto the top of the cake and spread it around with a flat edged knife swirling as you go to create a snowy effect see knowhow.
Scrape into the tin level the surface and bake for 1 hr 15 mins until a skewer poked in comes out clean.
It s filled with nuts spices and is topped with a flavorful cream cheese icing that s a show stopper.
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And we re back with day 11 of the 12 days of christmas cookies.
Topped with a brandy cream cheese frosting these little cookies are irresistible.