Asked on 13 Dec 2019 by scot@heart
I have been using Delia's recipes since Swop shop days! and have many happy memories of dinner parties using her recipes. I have made her Christmas cake in the past but this year it was burnt all around the perimeter. I had the tin lined and double brown paper around the tin, I was using Falcon Profession 100 FX electric oven, not using fan but did use top and bottom elements, should I just have been using the bottom one? It started to smell burnt about 2.5 hours in but I followed her instructions and didn't touch it for 4 hours by which time it was beyond saving :( So many delicious ingredients wasted. Can you please advise what I'm doing wrong, looking at other recipes they state 2 hours + for 8" fruit cake.
Hello,
I’m sorry to hear that your cake has burnt.
We still use top and bottom heat and bake the 8 inch classic Christmas cake for 4 hours.
Did you cook your cake on the bottom shelf?
Have you got an oven thermometer so you can check that your oven is running at the correct temperature?
Kind regards
Lindsey