Pound cake, bursting with aromatic dried fruit and holiday warmth, is an inseparable dessert from Christmas. Discover how to prepare this traditional treat and enhance your holiday table with it.

When making dense fruit cakes such as a Christmas cake, the batter needs to be heavy enough for the dried fruit and nuts to be suspended in it; if it's too thin the fruit will sink to the bottom.

Preheat the oven to 300°F. Grease a round 9- or 10-inch cake pan, and line bottom and sides with several layers of waxed paper. 2. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on high, beat the butter and ...

Mary’s traditional British Christmas pudding recipe goes back to Medieval times – a rich mix of dried fruit and nuts which is steamed for eight hours before serving alongside a boozy cream.