Name: Last-minute Christmas cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h 40 min
Yield: Serves: about 20
Ingredients: 200 g dried apricots, finely chopped; 200 g prunes, stoned and finely chopped; 6 eggs; 250 ml brandy or port; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 2 lemons, grated zest; 1 tablespoon cinnamon; 250 g butter; 250 g dark brown sugar; 150 g dried figs, finely chopped; 1 kg mixed dried fruit; 100 g whole almonds; icing sugar, for rolling; 1 packet ready-to-roll white icing; 300 g plain flour; ½ jar ‘no bits’ apricot jam; 1 packet ready made white marzipan

Preparation info

Serves: about
20

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
5 hr

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

I have yet to be organised in time to make a traditional cake for Christmas. Because the fruit in this recipe is soaked ahead the flavours are immediately mature. The cake does get better over time, but it tastes delicious even if made only a week before the big day!

Ingredients

200 g dried apricots, finely chopped
200 g prunes, stoned and finely chopped
150

Method

Line the cake tin with baking parchment. Place all the dried fruit and lemon zest into a bowl with the brandy/port, ginger and cinnamon. Stir together, cover with cling film and microwave for 5 minutes on full power. Leave to soak for 1 hour.
Beat the butter and sugar until smooth. Add the eggs, one at a time, and then fold in the flour and almonds. Add the soa

Become a Premium Member to access this recipe

Unlimited, ad-free access to hundreds of the world’s best cookbooks
Over 150,000 recipes with thousands more added every month
Recommended by leading chefs and food writers
Powerful search filters to match your tastes
Create collections and add reviews or private notes to any recipe
Swipe to browse each cookbook from cover-to-cover
Manage your subscription via the My Membership page

Already a member?

Best value

'Brilliant app for foodies'

'Spotify of cookbooks'

No reviews for this recipe

Last-minute Christmas cake

Ingredients

Method

Become a Premium Member to access this recipe

$4.99

$39.99

Part of