Have I Overcooked My Christmas Cake?

Asked on 13 Nov 2016 by Jan

I have recently had a Neff Circotherm oven installed. I have made Delia's Christmas cake recipe and cooked it for 4 Hours as per the recipe on the circotherm eco setting. I'm a bit concerned that it may be overcooked as I rather belatedly looked at the instruction book which gave a much shorter cooking time! Do you think I should ditch it and start again?

Lindsey, Food Editor replied

Hello,

Is it burnt?

If it’s a nice colour it should be fine. Feed it with 2 or 3 teaspoons of Brandy or Armagnac, wrap it well, pop it in a cake tin and feed again in a couple of weeks.

Kind regards

Lindsey

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