Name: Christmas Cake (1)
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h
Ingredients: 5–6 eggs; ½ level teasp. baking-powder; 1 level teasp. mixed spice; 8 oz. butter or margarine; 8 oz. castor sugar; ½ teasp. gravy browning; 8 oz. plain flour; ⅛ teasp. salt; 4 oz. glacé cherries; 1 lb. currants; 8 oz. raisins; 4 oz. blanched, chopped almonds milk, if necessary; 4–5 tablesp. brandy (optional)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
4 hr

Appears in

Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery

By Isabella Beeton

Published 1861

About

Ingredients

8 oz. butter or margarine
8 oz. castor sugar
½

Method

Line an 8-in. cake-tin with greaseproof paper.

Cream fat and sugar until white; add gravy browning. Sift together flour, salt, mixed spice and baking-powder. Add egg and flour alternately to the creamed fat, beating well between each addition. Stir in the prepared fruit, almonds and, if necessa

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