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Fruit Cake - Christmas Cake 1

Fruit Cake with Brandy

Mamta Gupta

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This is a lovely cake. Don't be put off by the long list of ingredients, it is quite easy to make. It will last for a while, if kept in an airtight container or wrapped in cling-film. I sometimes freeze it in smaller portions wrapped in a cling film/aluminium foil.

I am not sure where the recipe originates from, it is one of those recipes that you collect over the years and everyone has a similar version of it! I have tweaked it a bit to suit our taste. I don't ice it, because no one likes icing in our house, they just peel it off and discard it!

This amount makes one deep 8 inch cake or two 7-8 inch round or square standard cakes, as shown in the last picture. When making smaller cakes, reduce cooking time to 2 hours.

Ingredients

  • 230 gm. currants*

  • 230 gm. sultanas*

  • 230 gm. glacĂ© cherries*, chopped

  • 115 gm. candied peel*

  • 115 gm. raisins*

  • 115 gm. walnuts*, chopped

  • 115 gm. almonds*, chopped

  • 200 gm. tub of GlacĂ© Ginger

  • 125 ml. brandy or Cointreau. Brandy is traditional. I use Cointreau or a mix of both.

  • 230 gm. butter

  • 230 gm. caster sugar

  • 240 gm. brown sugar

  • 5 standard/medium eggs at room temperature and lightly beaten (1 standard egg weighs roughly 53-63 gm.

  • 280 gm. plain, white flour

  • 2 tsp. (5 ml. spoon) baking powder

  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla essence

  • 1 tsp. almond essence

  • 1/2 tsp. lemon essence

  • 1/4 tsp. salt

  • 1 tsp. mixed spice or you can add cinnamon powder

  • 2 tbsp. milk (you can add 1-2 tbsp. more, if the mix looks too stiff.

Instructions

  1. Place all fruit in a bowl and pour brandy/Cointreau. Mix. Leave overnight.

  2. Turn oven on.

  3. Beat butter and caster sugar until creamy/fluffy.

  4. Add and beat in brown sugar until fluffy.

  5. Beat in eggs until fluffy.

  6. Beat in all the essences, salt, mixed spice, milk & baking powder.

  7. Sift in flour and fold it in.

  8. Add fruit mix and fold it in. The end consistency of the mix should be stiff.

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