Christmas Cake

Name: Christmas Cake
Ingredients: 10 oz/285 g soft brown sugar, light or dark, or muscovado; 10 oz/285 g soft brown sugar, light or dark, or muscovado; 10 oz/285 g soft brown sugar, light or dark, or muscovado; 10 oz/285 g soft brown sugar, light or dark, or muscovado; Grated rind of 2 lemons and 1 orange; Grated rind of 2 lemons and 1 orange; 3 tbsp black treacle (if you heat the spoon in very hot water or over a flame the treacle will slither off it easily); 3 tbsp black treacle (if you heat the spoon in very hot water or over a flame the treacle will slither off it easily); 6 eggs, beaten; 3 tbsp black treacle (if you heat the spoon in very hot water or over a flame the treacle will slither off it easily); 1 rounded tsp freshly grated nutmeg; 1 rounded tsp ground mixed spice; 5 fl oz/200 ml brandy, sherry, or whisky; 2 rounded tsp ground cinnamon; 5 fl oz/200 ml brandy, sherry, or whisky; 5 fl oz/200 ml brandy, sherry, or whisky; 6 oz/170 g chopped candied peel; 6 oz/170 g glacé cherries, chopped; 6 oz/170 g flaked almonds, toasted; 1 lb/450 g sultanas; 1 lb/450 g raisins; 12 oz/340 g currants; 6 oz/170 g dried apricots, snipped with scissors; 10 oz/285 g plain flour, sieved; 10 oz/285 g butter

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Claire Macdonald Cookbook

By Claire Macdonald

Published 1997

About

This quantity makes a cake about 10 inches/25 cm in diameter.

Ingredients

6 oz/170 g chopped candied peel
6 oz/170

Vegetarian
Cake
Winter

Method

Prepare a 10-inch/25-cm round cake tin, by buttering it, then lining it with a double layer of baking parchment. Either tie a double thickness of brown paper round the outside of the tin, or, if you have o