Weeknight180min

Christmas cake

Name: Christmas cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 150 min
Total time: 180 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 200.00 grams Butter; 200.00 grams Muscovado Sugar; 200.00 grams Plain Flour; 4.00 pieces Eggs; 50.00 grams Ground Almonds; 100.00 milliliters Sherry; 85.00 grams Mixed Peel; 85.00 grams Glace Cherry; 250.00 grams Raisins; 250.00 grams Currants; 100.00 grams Pecan Nuts; 1.00 pieces Lemon; 1.50 tablespoons Mixed Spice; 1.50 tablespoons Rose water; 0.50 teaspoons Vanilla Extract; 0.50 teaspoons Baking Powder

Dessert dish from British cuisine

Ásgeir Hólm

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Contains:GlutenEggTree NutDairy

Ingredients

Adjust servings

7.1 oz(200 g)
butter
7.1 oz(200 g)
muscovado sugar
7.1 oz(200 g)
plain flour
4
eggs, beaten
1⅘ oz(50 g)
ground almonds
3⅖ fl oz(100 ml)
sherry
3 oz(85 g)
mixed peel
3 oz(85 g)
glace cherry
8⅘ oz(250 g)
raisins
8⅘ oz(250 g)
currants
3½ oz(100 g)
pecan nuts
1
lemon, zested
1½ tbsp
mixed spice
1½ tbsp
rose water
½ tsp
vanilla extract
½ tsp
baking powder

Instructions

0/3 done

Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Line the base and sides of a 20 cm round, 7.5 cm deep cake tin. Beat the butter and sugar with an electric hand mixer for 1-2 mins until very creamy and pale in colour, scraping down the sides of the bowl half way through. Stir in a spoonful of the flour, then stir in the beaten egg and the rest of the flour alternately, a quarter at a time, beating well each time with a wooden spoon. Stir in the almonds.
Mix in the sherry (the mix will look curdled), then add the peel, cherries, raisins, cherries, nuts, lemon zest, spice, rosewater and vanilla. Beat together to mix, then stir in the baking powder.
Spoon mixture into the tin and smooth the top, making a slight dip in the centre. Bake for 30 mins, then lower temperature to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2 and bake a further 2-2¼ hrs, until a skewer insterted in the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin, then take out of the tin and peel off the lining paper. When completely cold, wrap well in cling film and foil to store until ready to decorate. The cake will keep for several months.