Christmas Cake

Name: Christmas Cake
Prep time: 12 h
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 15 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 350g each: sultanas, currants, and raisins; 175g glacé cherries, halved; 175g mixed peel; 6 tbsp sherry or brandy; 275g plain flour; 1 tsp mixed spice; 1 tsp cinnamon; 275g butter, softened; 275g dark brown sugar; 6 eggs; 2 tbsp treacle; zest of 1 orange and 1 lemon; marzipan and royal icing to cover

A rich British dried fruit Christmas cake with sherry and marzipan icing. Soaking the dried fruit in sherry overnight before baking plumps it up so it stays moist through the long, slow bake instead of drying out.

Total time

930 min

Prep

720 min

Cook

210 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

350geach: sultanas, currants, and raisins

175gglacé cherries, halved

175gmixed peel

6 tbspsherry or brandy

275gplain flour

1 tspmixed spice

1 tspcinnamon

275gbutter, softened

275gdark brown sugar

6eggs

2 tbsptreacle

zest of 1orange and 1 lemon

marzipan and royal icingto cover

Instructions

Soak all fruits in sherry overnight.

Beat butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and treacle.

Fold in flour, spices, zest and soaked fruit.

Bake at 150°C for 3-3.5 hours in a lined cake tin.

Feed with brandy weekly until decorated.

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