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Authentic Christmas cake
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Authentic Christmas cake

This version of Authentic Christmas cake is flavorful, easy to prepare and suitable for traditional Dessert configurations....

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14 Min Prep

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42 Min Cook

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5 Servings

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Vegetarian

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Ingredients

  • 200g Butter
  • 200g Muscovado Sugar
  • 200g Plain Flour
  • 4 Beaten Eggs
  • 50g Ground Almonds
  • 100ml Sherry
  • 85g Candied Peel
  • 85g Glace Cherry
  • 250g Raisins
  • 250g Currants
  • 100g Pecan Nuts
  • Grated zest of 1 Lemon
  • 1 ½ tbsp Mixed Spice
  • 1 ½ tbsp Rose water
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Powder

Instructions

1
fiery up oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3.
2
Line the base and sides of a 20 cm round, 7.5 cm deep cake tin.
3
Beat the dairy spread and granulated sugar with an electric hand mixer for 1-2 mins until very even and pale in colour, scraping down the sides of the dish half way through.
4
swirl around in a spoonful of the baking flour, then swirl around in the beaten egg and the rest of the baking flour alternately, a quarter at a time, beating well each time with a wooden spoon.
5
swirl around in the almonds.
6
incorporate in the sherry (the incorporate will look curdled), then toss in the pare, cherries, raisins, cherries, nuts, lemon zest, masala condiment, rosewater and vanilla.
7
Beat together to incorporate, then swirl around in the baking dusting masala condiment.
8
Spoon mixture into the tin and even the top, making a slight dip in the centre.
9
char for 30 mins, then lower temperature to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2 and char a further 2-2¼ hrs, until a skewer insterted in the middle comes out sanitize.
10
Leave to cool in the tin, then take out of the tin and pare off the lining paper.
11
When completely cold, wrap well in cling film and foil to store until ready to top.
12
The cake will keep for several months.

Recipe Information

Cuisine
British
Course
Dessert
Diet
Vegetarian
Total Time
56 mins

Recipe Time chart

Preparation Time

14 mins

Cooking Time

42 mins

Total Time

56 mins
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