Christmas cake clarification and why brown paper?
Asked on 17 Oct 2021 by Peter Adamson
Never made a cake before, but trying your classic Christmas cake. The instructions say "Finally take a double square of baking parchment with a 50p-sized hole in the centre ... and place this not on top of the mixture itself but on the rim of the brown paper."
But there has been no mention of the brown paper or its rim (only a picture) and I have no idea what it's for or how to do it. I have bought the right cake tin and liners but don't understand where the brown paper fits in. Thanks for your attention.
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Hello,
The brown paper is tied around the outside of the tin to protect the edges from getting overcooked during the long slow cooking.
The instruction is under the equipment section.
In this picture you can see how the side of the cake tin should look.
To protect the top of the cake from burning. The parchment lies across the top of the brown paper so that it is not touching the cake mixture in the tin. This is not shown but it's like laying a parchment paper lid over the cake.
Classic Christmas Cake
I hope that makes sense. If not please let me know.
Kind regards
Lindsey