The winning recipe from this years Wasteless Pantry Bake Off….
Old-fashioned Christmas Cake
Ingredients:
510g sultanas
265g raisins
155g currants
150g pitted dates (chopped)
100g glace cherries (chopped)
75g dried cranberries
75g dried pineapple
50g mixed peel
185ml brandy
2 tsp finely grated orange rind
250g softened butter
200g brown sugar
4 eggs
300g plain flour
2 tsp mixed spice
* Blanched almonds & cherries to decorate
* 2 tbsp brandy to drizzle
Method:
Combine fruit and brandy in large bowl, cover with a lid and set aside for 2 days to macerate.
Grease a 22cm cake pan and line base with a reusable tray liner or grease a spring form cake pan.
Beat butter & sugar until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well until combined. Stir butter & fruit mixtures together. Add flour & mixed spice. Spoon into pan and tap lightly on benchtop to release any air bubbles, arrange almonds and cherries on top.
Bake at 150C covered with a bigger cake tin for 2 hours 30 mins to 3 hours. Drizzle hot cake with extra brandy. Cool thoroughly before turning out.
[Store in an airtight dark container for up to 3 months].
Recipe is adapted from http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/2102/christmas+cake
Thanks for the cake recipe, I’m going to have a go at it, How do you think it would go with dark rum instead of brandy?
Regards
An L plate baker 🙂
Hi Dave,
I’ve only ever made Christmas Cake twice in my lifetime but I think it would be fantastic! Let us know how it goes.
Amanda