
Traditional Christmas Cake
A traditional British Christmas cake is a fruit cake, it is made months in advance and kept moist by pouring brandy or a liquid on it, wrapped in greaseproof paper and aluminium foil. The joy of decorating the cake each year is a family tradition for us, as everyone has a say in how I should decorate it.
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Servings: 16
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Ingredients
- 10 oz Currants
- 8 oz raisins
- 3 oz sultanas
- 3 oz cherries
- 20 oz almonds chopped
- 20 oz ground almonds
- 2 1/2 oz mixed peel
- 6 oz soft brown sugar
- 5 oz butter
- 7 oz plain flour
- 1 tablespoon black treacle
- 1 rind orange and lemon
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 4 eggs
Instructions
- Beat all ingredients together with wooden spoon. Place in tin, smoothing down with a wet metal spoon.
- Pour mixture into an 8 inch round cake tin. Place in the middle of oven.
- Bake for 3 hours at 300 F degrees. Leave in tin for 15 minutes. Place on a wire rack.
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