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Dundee Cake

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Dundee Cake

A rich, fruited Scottish cake, baked slowly and topped generously with whole blanched almonds arranged in rings.

Total time
115 min
Prep
25 min
Cook
90 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Scottish
vegetarian

Ingredients

200gbutter, softened
200gdark brown sugar
4eggs
300gplain flour
1 tspbaking powder
1 tspmixed spice
zest of 1orange and 1 lemon
500gmixed dried fruit
75gglacé cherries, halved
75gwhole blanched almonds, to top

Instructions

1

Beat butter and sugar until pale. Add eggs one at a time.

2

Fold in flour, baking powder, spice, zests, dried fruit and cherries.

3

Pour into a deep 20cm tin lined with baking paper.

4

Arrange almonds over the top.

5

Bake at 160°C for 1 hour 30 minutes. Cool in tin.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories
1106
Protein
18.3g
Fat
46.7g
Carbs
158.3g
Fiber
9.7g
Sodium
208mg

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