Classic Christmas Cake
Recipe submitted by Wee Buns Cookery School, check out their website on: https://www.weebuns.com/
What you’ll need
Before you start line the tin bottom and sides with greaseproof paper and wrap a layer of brown paper round the outside of the tin. This helps protect it while in the oven for a long time.
Difficulty
Preparation Time (mins)
Cooking Time (mins) 4 – 4 ½ hours
Servings Makes 1 x 7” square cake or an 8” round cake
Main Ingredients
- 12 oz currants
- 8 oz raisins
- 2 oz glace cherries, rinsed, dried and chopped
- 2 oz candied peel, chopped finely
- 2 oz almonds, ground
- 1 tablespoon treacle
- 1 orange, grated zest
- 1 lemon, grated zest
- 3 tablespoons brandy
- 8 oz plain flour
- 8 oz butter
- 8oz light brown sugar pinch salt
- ½ teaspoon mixed spice
- ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 4 large eggs or 5 medium
- 3 tablespoons milk
Main Instructions
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- Begin the day before by combining the sultanas, raisins and currants, mixed peel and cherries in a bowl and add the Brandy and treacle and leave overnight for the fruit to plump up.
- Preheat oven to 140C
- In a food mixer beat the butter ( which must be soft / room temperature ) with the sugar until the mixture looks light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
- hen start adding the eggs one at a time, ensuring each egg has been incorporated before adding the next. Add the ground almonds before adding the last egg.
- Sift the flour into the egg mixture and fold in.
- Then add the dried fruit and spices and fold in also.
- If the mixture seems a bit stiff , fold in the milk one tablespoon at a time until the mixture is lighter.
- Spoon into the tin , level the surface and make a dip in the centre and cook for 4 – 4 ½ hours until nicely golden and a skewer comes out clean.
- Pour over more Brandy when warm if desired.
- Cool on a rack and then wrap well in greaseproof paper and tin foil until ready to use.
