Rich Christmas cakeby Jill May |
| Preperation time: 12 hours 30 mins Cooking time: 4 hours 20 mins Serves: 6 |
| Recipe Ingredients |
| 500g currants 500g raisins 2 cups sultanas 2 cups chopped dates 150g chopped crystallised ginger 150g mixed peel 150g glace cherries, halved 2 tbsp grated orange rind 1/2 cup dark rum 1/2 fresh orange juice 1/4 tsp almond essence 1/2 tsp vanilla essence 2 tsp grated lemon rind 1 cup blanched almonds 2 1/2 cups plain flour 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg 1 tsp mixed spice 250g butter 1 1/2 cups brown sugar 2 tbsp treacle 5 eggs |
| Recipe Method |
| Put all the fruit in a saucepan. Add the orange
rind, rum and orange juice. Cover. Bring to the boil, reduce heat
and cook gently for 15 minutes to plump the fruit. Remove from the
heat. Stir then set aside overnight. Add the essences, lemon rind and almonds into the mixture. Sift the flour, soda and spices into a bowl. Cream butter, sugar and treacle until light and fluffy and then add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold a spoonful of the sifted flour into the fruit mixture, then do the same with the egg mixture. Carry on alternately until both mixtures have been added to the fruit. Spoon mixture into a greased and lined 25cm round cake tin. Bake at 150c for 4 hours or until an inserted skewer comes out clean when tested. Leave in tin until cold. Wrap in foil and store in a cool place. |
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