Just as I have finished the buttercream I carefully press in some rainbow sprinkles to the bottom of the cake for a bit of colour and I just love the design – be warned, sprinkles will fall off at this point so beware! After this, I chill the cake again!

It’s never been easier to make boxed cake in an air fryer! It’s a one-bowl recipe that requires few ingredients and creates almost no mess. When stored in a container or covered, this air fryer cake keeps well at room temperature for up to a week. Soft batter – if the skewer comes out with soft batter attached, the cake is not done and needs to be baked for at least 10 minutes longer. How Can You Store Air Fryer Cake Mix? Pour and mix the eggs in a large mixing bowl. Then add the water and oil, whisking everything together. Finally, stir in the 2 cups of boxed cake mix with a large spoon until the batter is well combined.I’ve always been told whether its from the notes in my Granny’s baking bible, or just by word of mouth, that 12 weeks before Christmas is the best time to create a Christmas cake. And guess what, it’s 12 weeks now. I use a combination of raisins, sultanas, currants, dried cranberries, glaze cherries, and mixed peel. The total weight is about 1075g worth of fruits, which is a lot – but you need a lot for a decent Christmas cake! When it comes to the fruit of the Christmas cake, you can cater it more to what you prefer, but I used a broader amount as that’s what works best for my trusty taste testers, as it gives more flavour and textures.

So, I know that’s not the best thing to start with on a recipe post, but genuinely? I’m not the biggest fan. However, my family adore Christmas cake and they have no tested and tasted SO MANY CAKES so I could post this recipe. So, if you want to spice up your air fryer cake, here are a few of my favorite recipes that go great with cake.The four new boxes include a Bath Time & Pampering Box, the Jane Asher Baking Box and the Treats Box. If you want an alcohol free cake, I tend to use tea to soak the fruit (but a lot of people use apple juice instead.). Brew the tea to the same quantity and soak the fruit in the same way. Once you have layered each sponge you need to do a crumb coat by using as little buttercream as possible around the edges to seal in the spare crumbs from the sponges! I then chill the cake for a while to firm it up before adding another layer of buttercream on top.

You can do it 10 weeks before, 8 weeks, 6 weeks etc… just the nearer to Christmas you make it, the less feeding time you have. You can store and wrap the Christmas cake really well after feeding in parchment paper and tin foil, in a metal cake tin (plastic tubs may make them sweat). Christmas baking is one of my favourite things to do as I adore the theming of Christmas, but this recipe is something that has been waiting for years and years, as I just don’t really like Christmas cake… yup. Refrigerator – Wrap the cake in the Air Fryer cake pan in aluminum foil or plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator. It should keep for up to three days. For the buttercream, you do use 750g unsalted butter and 1500g icing sugar, which technically is a little obscene but the amount of servings from this cake is huge so please don’t be a negative Nelly about the sugar content!

I love all things cake, we all know this, but a rainbow cake is something else. The absolutely insanely bright colours, the sweet taste, and all things cute take it to a different level entirely! It is just glorious. So lets the honest now, I’m mentioning Christmas in… September. I know, it’s extremely overkill, but once you realise this is about a Christmas Cake hopefully you will understand why!