By BBC Good Food
Make & mature Christmas cake
Instructions
Prep:25minCook:2h 10min
Bake this festive fruit cake in advance of Christmas and feed it regularly with rum, brandy or whisky to build the flavour and keep it moist
Updated at: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 20:12:12 GMT
Nutrition balance score
Unbalanced
Glycemic Index
41
Low
Glycemic Load
41
High
Nutrition per serving
Calories772.5 kcal (39%)
Total Fat35.3 g (50%)
Carbs99.8 g (38%)
Sugars63.5 g (71%)
Protein7.5 g (15%)
Sodium205.7 mg (10%)
Fiber5.4 g (19%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Ingredients
12 servings
1kgmixed dried fruit
use a mix of raisins, sultanas, currants, cherries, cranberries, prunes or figs
1orange
zest and juice
1lemon
zest and juice
150mlbrandy
sherry, whisky or rum, plus extra for feeding
250gbutter
pack, softened
200glight soft brown sugar
175gplain flour
100gground almond
½ tspbaking powder
2 tspmixed spice
1 tspground cinnamon
¼ tspground cloves
100gflaked almonds
4eggs
large
1 tspvanilla extract
Instructions
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