Name: Traditional Christmas Cake
Total time: 3 h
Yield: Makes: 20 cm / 8 in. cake serving 30–50 portions
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 300 g / 10 oz plain flour; 3 tbs black treacle or molasses; 1 tsp mixed spice; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda; ½ tsp salt; 230 g / 8 oz butter; 230 g / 8 oz dark muscovado sugar; 60 g / 2 oz blanched almonds, slivered or chopped 2 tsp sherry, stout or milk; 120 g / 4 oz candied peel, chopped; 60 g / 2 oz seeded or muscatel raisins, chopped (optional); 230 g / 8 oz seedless raisins; ½ tsp grated nutmeg or ground allspice; 120 g / 4 oz glacé cherries, quartered; 230 g / 8 oz currants; 230 g / 8 oz sultanas

Preparation info

Makes: 20 cm 8 in. cake serving
30–50
portions

Difficulty
Complex
Ready in
3 hr

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

A dark, rich, fruit cake that is suitable for Christmas or other celebrations such as a birthday, anniversary or wedding. If stored for about a month, the flavour intensifies. Trickling brandy or sherry into the cake now and again does no harm. A useful tip when making a cake with so many ingredients is to begin by measuring each one on to a plate or saucer, or a sheet of kitchen paper, to help you check them against the recipe. Then, before you spoon the mixture into the cake tin, check ev