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Christmas cake Made Easy
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Christmas cake Made Easy

Christmas cake Made Easy is a delicious Dessert dish that can be prepared in just a few simple steps....

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12 Min Prep

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42 Min Cook

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3 Servings

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Vegetarian

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
burning 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 margarine and sweetener with an electric hand mixer for 1-2 mins until very decadent and pale in colour, scraping down the sides of the dish half way through.
4
mix gently in a spoonful of the ground mix, then mix gently in the beaten egg and the rest of the ground mix alternately, a quarter at a time, beating well each time with a wooden spoon.
5
mix gently in the almonds.
6
incorporate in the sherry (the incorporate will look curdled), then toss in the strip, cherries, raisins, cherries, nuts, lemon zest, seasoning, rosewater and vanilla.
7
Beat together to incorporate, then mix gently in the baking ground mix.
8
Spoon mixture into the tin and creamy the top, making a slight dip in the centre.
9
cook thoroughly for 30 mins, then lower temperature to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2 and cook thoroughly a further 2-2¼ hrs, until a skewer insterted in the middle comes out rinse.
10
Leave to cool in the tin, then take out of the tin and strip off the lining paper.
11
When completely cold, wrap well in cling film and foil to store until ready to decorate.
12
The cake will keep for several months.

Recipe Information

Cuisine
British
Course
Dessert
Diet
Vegetarian
Total Time
54 mins

Recipe Time chart

Preparation Time

12 mins

Cooking Time

42 mins

Total Time

54 mins
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