Rich Christmas Cake
Ingredients 450 grams sultanas 450 grams seedless raisins 230 grams currants 230 grams mixed peel 230 grams glace pineapple 230 grams glace apricots 4 tablespoon brandy 4 tablespoo...
Ingredients
- flour, approx
- sugar, approx
- butter, approx
- egg, approx
- rice, approx
- cream, approx
- water, approx
- apple, approx
Directions
- 1
Ingredients 450 grams sultanas 450 grams seedless raisins 230 grams currants 230 grams mixed peel 230 grams glace pineapple 230 grams glace
- 2
Pick over vine fruit and remove any stems
- 3
Chop the larger fruit into small pieces (a pair of scissors does the job more easily than a knife)
- 4
Mix the fruits in a bowl and add brandy and sherry
- 5
Cover tightly and leave overnight or longer
- 6
Prepare one deep 23 cm square cake tin (or, for one cake to keep and one to give, one 20 cm square tin and one 15 cm square)
- 7
Grease the interior of the tin(s) with butter
- 8
Line with two layers of brown paper cut to fit and to project above the sides of the tin by about 5 cm