Cinnamon Pippin Fruit Cake With Apple & Hazelnuts
A cheery, rich, moist fruit cake, packed with plump, juicy fruit and hazelnuts, spiced with cinnamon and steeped in warming Cinnamon Apple Crumble Liqueur.
Since moving ‘up North’, we have discovered the joy of pairing fruit cake with cheese – a Yorkshire tradition and a match made in heaven! Our choice of cheese to pair with a warming, fruity Cinnamon Pippin would be the traditional Wensleydale (a favourite of ours is the light, clean, lemony King Richard III) or a ‘melt in the mouth’ Kirkham’s Lancashire with its yoghurty flavour & fluffy, light texture.
Cinnamon
Cinnamon is made by cutting the stems of the Cinnamomum tree. The inner bark is then extracted and the woody parts removed from it. When it dries, it forms strips that curl into rolls – cinnamon sticks! The sticks are ground to form cinnamon powder.
Apples
Cinnamon Pippin fruit cake takes its name from the numerous apple varieties which carry the name with the best known probably the Cox’s Orange Pippin; Yorkshire varieties include Ribston, Sharlstone and Greenup’s; and from Derbyshire the Beeley and the Belledge Pippin.
Pair made in heaven!
Classic Chai tea with cinnamon and ginger work in harmony with the cinnamon, apple and hazelnuts in the fruit cake for an autumnal 'hug'. It has quite a malty flavour and takes milk well. Brew light for 2 mins if drinking without milk or 3-5 mins if drinking with milk.
Roz Stone (verified owner) –
I discovered this cake a couple of years ago at a Fabulous Places Xmas market at the Round House in Derby, I loved it so much I bought another the following year. Sadly this year there can’t be the usual Xmas markets so I have decided to order one online. A nice little treat to look forward to! These really are lovely cakes!
Jane –
Hi Roz, thank you so much for your lovely words! We are all missing Debs lovely Christmas Market at the Roundhouse. Don’t forget she has moved the market online this year so you do still have a chance to shop with the fabulous small businesses that would have had stalls there! x
Eszter –
I came across this cake when buying ice cream at Our Cow Molly in Dungworth. The tin drew me in, and having read the ingredients, I anticipated a delicious cake! What really sold it to me was the liqueur infusion. I’m glad to report, that I wasn’t disappointed, the cake really delivers, it is very delicious and the liqueur is a fantastic addition!
Jane –
Thank you Eszter! Great to hear how much you enjoyed the cake. How about trying it with a piece of cheese for a special treat? (if there is any left 😉
You’ll have to try the others now … x