Dundee Cake

Name: Dundee Cake
Yield: Makes 1
Cuisine: Sao Tome and Principe
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons rum; 60 g (2¼ oz/½ cup) self-raising flour; 60 g (2¼ oz/¼ cup) chopped glacé cherries; 250 g (9 oz) unsalted butter; 100 g (3½ oz/⅔ cup) blanched whole almonds; 185 g (6½ oz/1½ cups) plain (all-purpose) flour; 185 g (6½ oz/1¼ cups) currants; 125 g (4½ oz/1 cup) sultanas; 125 g (4½ oz/1 cup) raisins; 60 g (2¼ oz/⅓ cup) mixed peel; 4 eggs, lightly beaten; 230 g (8½ oz/1 cup) soft brown sugar; 100 g (3½ oz/1 cup) ground almonds; 90 g (3¼ oz/¾ cup) slivered almonds

Preparation info

Makes
1

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

This fruit cake, named after the town of Dundee in Scotland, is lighter than the traditional Christmas cake and is made as a general eating cake rather than for special occasions.

Ingredients

250 g (9 oz) unsalted butter
230 g (8½

Europe
Sao Tome and Principe
Dundee
Cake
Christmas
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F/Gas 2). Grease and line a 20 cm (8 in