christmas fruit cake


Ingredients

Lamb brand self raising flour 300gr

lamb brand brown sugar

lamb brand sultanas

lamb brand golden raisins

lamb brand black raisins

Lamb brand candied peel

lamb brand almonds

lamb brand glace cherries

lamb brand ground cinnamon

lamb brand mixed spice

lamb brand table salt 1/2 tsp

lamb brand bicarbonate of soda 1/4 tsp

unsalted butter 250gr

eggs 6

brandy 3 tablespoon

black treckle 1 tbsp

lemon rind 1 tbsp

lamb brand sugar white

marzipan

Sift the flour and add the cinnamon , spice , bicarbonate of soda and salt . In a separate bowl , mix together the sultanas , currants , raisins , candied peel , glace cherries , almonds , hazelnuts and lemon rind . In another separate bowl , mix the eggs and brandy well . in a mixer beat the butter , brown sugar and black treckle until creamy . gradually blend in the flour mixture and finely blend in the fruits and mixture and keep mixing everything together .

Greese the inside of the tin pan with butter and line the inside with a greased baking paper . Tie a thick strap of paper with the outside of the pan and turn the mixture into the prepared pan . Bake in a preheated 135’c oven for about 2 hours or until a skewer inserted in the center of the cake of the cake comes out clean . Remove cake for oven and allow to cool in the same tin pan . You can also cover it with marzipan and sugar paste .

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