Easy Christmas Cake
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Ingredients
- 4oz sultanas
- 4oz raisins
- 4oz glace cherries(quartered)
- 2oz mixed peel (finely chopped)
- 8oz butter
- 8oz brown caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2oz chopped almonds
- 2oz ground almonds
- 8oz plain flour (sieved)
- 2 tbsp rum, brandy or sherry
- 1tsp mixed spice
Accompaniment
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Method
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The day before put all of the fruits into a bowl add the
alcohol leave to soak over night.Grease& line an 8in round
or 7in square cake tin with a double thickness of grease-
proof paper.Preheat oven gas mark 3.Beat the butter,sugar,&
spice together until light and fluffy,beat in the eggs one
at a time.Mix in the chopped& ground almonds,the fruits
(with the liquid)and the flour until just mixed, spoon into
the prepared tin,level the top of the cake.Put a double
thickness of brown paper round the outside of the tin to
stop the cake from burning. Bake for 11/2 to 2 hours or
until a cake skewer comes out clean.Can be left plain or
marzipaned and iced with roll out icing.
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