Great Grandmas Christmas Cake
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Ingredients
- 8oz butter
- 6oz brown sugar
- 8oz self raising flour
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 1 ½ llbs dried mixed fruits
- 1 tbsp treacle
- 2 tbsp brandy
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 2oz ground almonds
Accompaniment
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Description
Great Grandma created this recipe for our Christmas cake and Nana learnt how to do the Christmas snow at her school. The snowman takes pride of place. One of mummys favourite!!!!
Method
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Grease and line cake tin.Heat oven 150c gas 2.beat butter and sugar until pale and creamy,amd mixture drops easily from the spoon,beat in eggs one at a time with 1tbsp flour,add treacle,brandy,flour,mixed spice,lemon juice and fruit mix together.Place cake in tin and smooth top.Bake in oven for 3hrs 45mins.Cool in tin and turn out onto cooling rack.
Cover cake with marzipan leave to dry for a day.
To make icing sugar sieve icing sugar into bowl and make a well,pour beaten egg whites into well and beat thoroughly until snowy white and the icing stands in peaks, use to cover christmas cake (to make the snow with the rounded side of the spoon bowl press into icing and flick sideways to form little peaks top with the snowman).
Chef's Tips
Christmas cake is best made early November so the cake takes the flavours.
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