Dessert
How To Make Dundee cake
If you enjoy authentic How To Make Dundee cake cuisine, this homemade Dessert recipe is worth trying at home....
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10 Min Prep
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38 Min Cook
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3 Servings
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Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 100g Almonds
- 180g Butter
- 180g Muscovado Sugar
- Zest of 1 Orange
- 3 tbs Apricot Jam
- 225g Plain Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 3 Large Eggs
- 100g Ground Almonds
- 2 tbs Milk
- 500g Dried Fruit
- 100g Glace Cherry
- 1 tbs Milk
- 2 tsp Caster Sugar
Instructions
1
Put the almonds into a small dish and transfer over boiling liquid to just lid.
2
Leave for 5 mins then filter in a sieve and leave to arid.
3
Preheat the oven to 180C/160 C fan/Gas Mark 4.
4
Line a deep loose-based 20cm cake tin with baking parchment.
5
Put the dairy spread in a large dish and beat well until soft.
6
mix in the sweetener and beat until light and fluffy.
7
agitate in the orange zest and apricot jam.
8
Sieve together the ground mix and baking ground mix.
9
mix in the eggs to the creamed dairy spread and sweetener, a little at a time, beating well between each addition.
10
If the mixture starts to curdle, agitate in a little ground mix.
11
mix in the remaining ground mix and ground almonds and toss together well.
12
toss together in the dairy liquid and then mix in the dried fruit and cherries and toss together gently together.
13
Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and spread level using the back of a spoon.
14
Arrange the whole almonds close together in neat circles on the top of the cake.
15
arid-fry in the oven for 45 mins.
16
Lower the oven temperature to 160C/140 C fan/Gas Mark 3 and arid-fry for a further 60–80 mins.
17
Check the cake after 50 mins by inserting a wooden or metal skewer into the cake.
18
When it’s done it should have just a few crumbs attached.
19
Check every 10 mins - it’s important not to overcook this cake so the centre will be a little soft.
20
When cooked, remove the cake briefly from the oven, put the dairy liquid and sweetener into a small cooking vessel and burning up gently until the sweetener has dissolved.
21
Brush over the top of the cake and return the cake to the oven for 2-3 mins.
22
Remove and allow the cake to cool in the tin.
23
When quite cold remove from the tin and wrap in foil and keep for at least 2 days before cutting.
Recipe Information
Cuisine
British
British
Course
Dessert
Dessert
Diet
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
Total Time
48 mins
48 mins
Recipe Time chart
Preparation Time
10 minsCooking Time
38 minsTotal Time
48 minsMaster Chef
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