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almonds, bicarbonate of soda, brandy, butter, Cake, Castor, cherries, Christmas cake, Cook, eggs, Flour, fruit cake, glace cherries, mixed fruit, recipe, salt, sugar flour, Wax paper
You might say Christmas cake now? Christmas is still four months away.Yes I say now so it has time to mature into the cake it should be.
I share with you today a very old recipe which has been passed down through 4 generations.
Ingredients :
1 kg mixed fruit
60 g Glace Cherries
125 ml + Brandy
110 g butter
110 g Castor Sugar
110 g Brown Sugar
5 eggs
550 ml (265 g) cake flour
5 ml Bi-Carbonate of Soda
pinch of salt
5 ml mixed spice
60 g whole Almonds
Method :
Soak fruit in Brandy for 2 days or more.
Cream butter, brown Sugar and Castor sugar – well.
Add eggs one at a time mixing in well.
Sift flour,bicarbonate of Soda, salt and mixed spice.
Add dry to butter/sugar mix a little at a time, alternating with fruit mix.
Turn into cake tin lined with wax paper. Newspaper on the outside of the tin.
Cook 3,5 hours on 259 F or 130 C. Start testing after 3 hours.
Tips :
If butter and egg curdle – add some flour.
Peel of wax paper, add Brandy and wrap in a Tea towel and then in newspaper.
Feed with Brandy often
Enjoy!
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