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Christmas Cake
Recipe
For those of you who are planning to make their own Christmas cake this
year. The below recipe is for a traditional fruit cake.
Ingredients
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Plain Flour (8oz)
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Mixed Spice (1/2 tea spoon)
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Salt (1/4 tea spoon)
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Ground Cinnamon (1/2 tea
spoon)
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Butter (7oz)
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Brown Sugar (7oz)
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Treacle (2 table spoons)
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Marmalade (1 table spoon)
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4 'lightly beaten' eggs
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Vanilla Essence (1/4 tea spoon)
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Dried Fruit Mixture (3/4 lb)
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Mixed Peel - Chopped (1/2 oz)
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Glace Cherries - cut in half (5 oz)
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Chopped Almonds (1/2 oz)
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Brandy
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Add the cinnamon, mixed spice, salt and flour to a
bowl.
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Add the butter and sugar into a large mixing bowl,
mixing them together. Then mix in the sugar, marmalade, treacle and
vanilla essence - mix until light and fluffy.
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Carefully add & mix the eggs into the mixture.
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Fold in the remaining flour mixture until it's well mixed and then
add the dried fruit, almonds , glace cherries and the mixed peel.
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Grease a cake tin (flat or round), add the mixture
into it.
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Heat the oven to 150C (300F/Gas2), bake for
approximately 3 hours.
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Once baked, remove from oven - allow to cool in tin
for around 15 minutes, then remove from tin and place cake on a wire
rack.
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Pierce some holes in the cake and pour on 4 table
spoons of brandy, allowing it to soak into the cake.
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Wrap in foil, place into a container and store
somewhere cool.
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