M.s Christmas Cake
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Ingredients
- 275g Plain Flour
- ½ Tspn Salt
- 1 Tspn Cinnamon (ground)
- 1 Tspn Mixed Spice
- 1 Tspn Baking Powder
- 1 Tblespn Dark Cocoa Powder
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- 225g Butter (softened)
- 225g Muscovado Sugar
- 4 Medium Eggs
- 1 Lemon Juice + fine peel
- 1 Tblespn Black Treacle
- 3 Tblespn Brandy
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- 100g Almonds split/blanched
- 350g Sultanas (fresh packet)
- 350g Currants OR Raisins (fresh pack)
- 225g Glace Cherries. Halved
Accompaniment
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Description
Using my 'New Fangled' spring loaded baking tin This an very old M&S recipe '76 I've used year after year to produce this super cake. I always bake in Oct and seal in a tin
Method
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You need 2off Mixing bowls (dry and wet mixes)
1. In the 1st bowl Sieve together the 1st 6 ingredient off the list.
2. In the 2nd bowl Beat gently together the 2nd 6 ingredients off the list and transfer the mix into the 1st Flour bowl ingredients blending and beatng to form a consistent blend.
3.Fold in the Fruit and nuts (4 ingredients).Pour into a 20cm (8") 7cm (3") deep cake tin and cook for 1hr @130c
then @120c 2hrs (fan oven) (10c higher for gas cookers)
Check for cooked with a steel skewer
Note: make an concave well in the mix if you want a flat top (as shown). I store it in a tin in a cool place for wife to decorate later
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