Traditional Christmas Cake
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- Prep time: 30 minutes
- Cooking time: 2.25-2.5 hours
- Type: Dessert
- Serves: 8+
Ingredients
- 1kg pkt dried mixed fruit 1 kg?
- grated zest 1 lemon $0.10/100g
- grated zest 1 orange ?
- juice of 1/2 lemon 1/2 $1.76/100ml
- 1/4 cup brandy or sherry 1/4 cup?
- 175g butter, softened 175 g$2.20/100g
- 3/4 cup Chelsea Dark Cane Sugar 3/4 cup$0.80/100g
- 2 Tbsp Chelsea Golden Syrup 2 Tbsp$0.68/100g
- 3 eggs, beaten 3 $1.77/pack
- 1 1/2 cups flour 1 1/2 cups$0.99/100g
- 2 tsp mixed spice 2 tsp$4.63/100g
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp$7.49/100g
- 70g pkt ground almonds 70 g$3.13/100g
- 2 Tbsp brandy or sherry 2 Tbsp?
- 70g pkt Brazil nuts (topping) 70 g$5.57/100g
- 70g blanched whole almonds (topping) 70 g$4.13/100g
- 10 dried apricots (topping) 10 $2.70/100g
- 5 dried peaches (topping) 5 $99.80/100g
- 10 red cherries (topping) 10 $1.93/100g
- 1/2 cup apricot jam (topping) 1/2 cup?
- 2 Tbsp water (topping) 2 Tbsp$0.31/100ml