Jenny's Christmas Cake
10 oz Wholewheat flour 1 1/2 lb Dried Mixed Fruit 4 oz Glace Cherries 2 oz Chopped Walnuts 2 oz Chopped Almonds 2 ts Baking Powder Nutmeg 1/2 ts Salt 8 oz Butter 5 Eggs (4-6) 3 tb ...
Ingredients
- 10ozwholewheat flour
- 11/2 lb dried mixed fruit
- 4ozglace cherries
- 2ozchopped walnuts
- 2ozchopped almonds
- 2ts baking powder
- 8ozbutter
- 5eggs (4-6)
Directions
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10 oz Wholewheat flour 1 1/2 lb Dried Mixed Fruit 4 oz Glace Cherries 2 oz Chopped Walnuts 2 oz Chopped Almonds 2 ts Baking Powder Nutmeg 1/
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Add cherries and nuts to mixture
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Mix flour, baking powder, spices and salt together
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Cream the butter, and sugar, when light and fluffy beat in molasses and then eggs one at a time
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Fold in half of the flour mixture followed by the fruit and alcohol mixture
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Then fold in the remainder of the flour
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Bake in lined tin wrapped in newspaper and secure tin with string
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Bake at Gas 3 for first two hours then reduce to Gas 2 for a further 90 minutes