Name: Christmas Cake
Prep time: 12 h 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 13 h 5 min
Yield: Makes 1 x 22-24 cm cake
Ingredients: 200 g sultanas; 50 g mixed peel, chopped; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; Extra brandy or apple juice; 250 ml dairy-free milk, warmed to hand hot temperature; 350 g plain flour; 100 g dates, stoned and chopped; 70 g dairy-free butter; 3 tbsp apricot jam, melted; 1 lemon, zested; ½ tsp cinnamon; 500 g fondant icing, rolled out; 170 g light Muscovado sugar; 2 tbsp brandy or apple juice; ¼ tsp salt; 200 g currants; ½ tsp mixed spice

Preparation info

Makes
1 x 22-24 cm
cake

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
14 hr

Appears in

The Friendly Baker

By Lucy Parr

Published 2022

About

This is a brilliant Christmas cake recipe, although there’s no reason why you couldn’t enjoy it at any time of year as a teatime treat. It’s rich with plenty of dried fruit but remains light and moist. It’s so good it’s even been finished in just two sittings, which is quite an achievement for a large fruit cake!

Ingredients

2 tbsp brandy or apple juice
50 g mixed peel, chopped
100

Method

Pour the brandy or apple juice over the dried fruit and leave to steep for at least a couple of hours, or preferably overnight.
Preheat the oven to 180°c. Grease and line a 22 or

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