Hi Something to get you started for the Christmas table. I made it today. The photo was taken while the cake was cooling.
Christmas Cake Recipe
INGREDIENTS
225g unsalted butter
265g brown sugar
500g mixed sultanas and currants
60g pitted prunes, chopped
40 g Pecans, chopped well
100g dried cranberries
50g mixed peel
125g glace ginger, chopped
2 teasp orange zest, grated
1 1/2 teasp bicarbonate of soda
375ml Marsala
3 large eggs beaten
1/2 teasp almond essence
100g wholemeal self-raising flour
125g white self-raising flour
225 plain flour
150g whole blanched almonds - to decorate
METHOD
Preheat oven to 170ºC fan-forced (190º C conventional). Line 26cm approx tin with baking or greaseproof paper.
In large cooking pot combine butter, sugar, dried and glace fruits, spices, zest and bicarbonate of soda. Pour Marsala over and bring to the boil over medium heat for 3 minutes.
Remove from heat and set aide to cool for 15 minutes.
Add beaten eggs and almond essence, then stir in all the flours to combine.
Pour misture into prepared tin and decorate with almonds.
Bake for one hour 25 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
Remove from oven and cool in it's tin on a cake rack.
Enjoy with coffee or tea.
I teaspooned a little Marsala over it once per week to stop it drying out until Christmas.
