Twelfth Night Celebrations Extend Christmas Cheer into January
A guide to continuing holiday festivities into the New Year with Twelfth Night traditions. Highlights include a moist Twelfth Night Cake with almond luck, a Wassail Bowl old English warmth, and Grapefruit Lebkuchen cookies. January can sparkle with these festive confections.
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Twelfth Night Cake Recipe Yields Citrus Walnut Fruit Cake
A detailed procedure for a citrus spiced cake with walnuts raisins currants and almonds. Ingredients include flour baking soda salt cinnamon margarine sugar orange juice milk eggs orange rind vanilla and nuts. Bake in a tube pan at 350 for about 55 minutes then soak with a sugar orange syrup before serving.
Grapefruit Lebkuchen Bake with Citrus Glaze
A grapefruit lebkuchen recipe combines sugar walnuts and spices with honey and grapefruit juice. Bake in a jelly roll pan at 400 for 15 to 18 minutes and glaze with grapefruit frosting. Yield about six dozen pieces.
Wassail Bowl Recipe for Citrus Spiced Mulled Cider
A warm Wassail combines white and brown sugar with apple cider and spices. Cinnamon is simmered with cloves, then grapefruit and orange juices are added, strained, and served in mugs with orange slices, maraschino cherries, and cloves. Serves eight.