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Christmas Cake
CHRISTMAS CAKE
1/2 lb butter softened
1/2 lb dark brown sugar
1 tbls black treacle
4 eggs beaten
10 oz flour
2 tsp ground mixed spice
1/2 pound seedless raisens
4 oz currants
1/2 lb sultanas
4oz glace cherrys chopped
3 tbls undiluted orange squash
Greas 9" round cake tin and line with greaseproof paper, mix butter and sugar till light and fluffy, then beat in the treacle. Beat the eggs in a little at a time. Sift the flour and spices together, keep a tbls seperate and fold the rest into the mixture. Put the fruit into a bowl with the reserved flour and spices,toss around so the fruit isnt stuck together, stir into the mixture with the orange juice. Put into cake tin Bake at 160c/ 325 f or gas mark 3 for one hour then reduce the heat to 150c/300f or gas mk 2 and bake for a further 2 hours. When done and cold wrap in tin foil in an air tight tin. Then feed it , every two weeks till you ice it
1/2 lb butter softened
1/2 lb dark brown sugar
1 tbls black treacle
4 eggs beaten
10 oz flour
2 tsp ground mixed spice
1/2 pound seedless raisens
4 oz currants
1/2 lb sultanas
4oz glace cherrys chopped
3 tbls undiluted orange squash
Greas 9" round cake tin and line with greaseproof paper, mix butter and sugar till light and fluffy, then beat in the treacle. Beat the eggs in a little at a time. Sift the flour and spices together, keep a tbls seperate and fold the rest into the mixture. Put the fruit into a bowl with the reserved flour and spices,toss around so the fruit isnt stuck together, stir into the mixture with the orange juice. Put into cake tin Bake at 160c/ 325 f or gas mark 3 for one hour then reduce the heat to 150c/300f or gas mk 2 and bake for a further 2 hours. When done and cold wrap in tin foil in an air tight tin. Then feed it , every two weeks till you ice it
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Re: Christmas Cake
Looks really good Lollykins.
I’m not really a cake eater, but I do like Christmas Cake.
I think with the good ingredients and the spirits fed in they will be fabulous.
Me, I'm fully metric, can't be doing with pounds and ounces.
I’m not really a cake eater, but I do like Christmas Cake.
I think with the good ingredients and the spirits fed in they will be fabulous.
Me, I'm fully metric, can't be doing with pounds and ounces.
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Re: Christmas Cake
Sounds gorgeous. I like the undiluted orange squash. i use fresh oranges, juice and zest, according to Delia, but the squash sounds like it would have more flavour.
Re: Christmas Cake
I made some candied peel earlier in the year, which I shall use to decorate my cakes.
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Re: Christmas Cake
..and what is your recipe, please?
I usually use Delias, but am open to new recipes.
I usually use Delias, but am open to new recipes.
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