Name: Whitby Yule Cake
Yield: Serves 16
Ingredients: 3½ tablespoons (50 ml) heavy cream; ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon (120 g) firmly packed dark brown sugar; ¾ cup (115 g) dried currants; ⅔ cup (100 g) whole natural almonds; Scant ½ cup (80 g) chopped candied citrus peel; 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon; ¾ cup (170 g) cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes, plus room-temperature butter for the pan; ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg; 2¾ cups (345 g) flour; ¾ cup (115 g) raisins; 3½ tablespoons (50 ml) brandy; 1 egg

Preparation info

Serves
16

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook

By Regula Ysewijn

Published 2020

About

In Good Things in England, Florence White notes this recipe is from a Lady Robinson, who submitted it for White’s 1931 English Folk Cookery Exhibition. In the note that accompanied the entry, Lady Robinson explained that the recipe actually came from an elderly lady who served the cake along with a glass of cherry brandy to friends who visited her every year between Christmas and New Year’s Day.