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Christmas Cake
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Ingredients
- subheading: FAST SOAKED FRUIT (NOTE 1):
- 300g / 10 oz raisins
- 150g / 5 oz diced dried apricots , chopped 8 mm / ⅓"
- 75g / 2.5 oz mixed peel , diced 5mm / 1/5
- 150g / 5 oz glace cherries , chopped 8 mm / ⅓"
- 180g / 6 oz dates , diced 5mm / 1/5"
- 1 cup + 2 tbsp apple juice, OR ⅓ brandy + ⅔ juice (Note 2)
- subheading: CAKE:
- 115g / 8 tbsp unsalted butter , softened (1 US stick)
- 1 ½ cups dark brown sugar , packed (Note 3)
- ½ cup vegetable oil (or canola, peanut, grapeseed)
- 3 tbsp molasses or golden syrup (Note 4)
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp all spice
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 3 large eggs
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 ⅔ cups plain flour (all purpose flour)
- ¾ cup walnuts , chopped (optional)
- subheading: FOR SERVING (OPTIONAL):
- 500ml / 1 pint pouring custard , homemade or store bought (Note 5)
- subheading: WHITE CHRISTMAS CAKE DECORATION, AS PICTURED (OPTIONAL):
- 250g / 8 oz "ready to roll" marzipan
- 250g / 8 oz "ready to roll" white fondant
- Cherries dusted with icing sugar
- subheading: OTHER DECORATING OPTIONS (OPTIONAL):
- Cherries or other fruit dusted with icing sugar (on plain cake, looks very pretty!)
- Drippy white glaze (directions below)
Steps
Directions at recipetineats.com
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