Christening Cake - Nursery scene

Name: Christening Cake - Nursery scene
Cook time: 180 min
Total time: 180 min
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: 1 kilo butter; 1 kilo soft brown sugar; 200 grams golden syrup; 100 grams black treacle; 2 tbls honey; 1 tub glace cherries chopped; 1 tub mixed peel; 100 grams dried cranberries (chopped); 8 Large eggs beaten; 1.5 kilo Plain Flour (sieved); 3 tspns baking powder sifted; ¼ tspn bicarbonate of soda; ½ tspn salt; 500 grams raisens; 500 grams currants; 500 grams sultanas; 200 grams chopped walnuts or pecans; 50 grams dried apricots. soaked for 8 hours in 40ml water; 100 grams crystallized pineapple; 6 tbspns brandy or rum; 1 tspn eac ofh mixed spice & cinnamon

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Cook: 180 mins

Ingredients

1 kilo butter
1 kilo soft brown sugar
200 grams golden syrup
100 grams black treacle
2 tbls honey
1 tub glace cherries chopped
1 tub mixed peel
100 grams dried cranberries (chopped)
8 Large eggs beaten
1.5 kilo Plain Flour (sieved)
3 tspns baking powder sifted
¼ tspn bicarbonate of soda
½ tspn salt
500 grams raisens
500 grams currants
500 grams sultanas
200 grams chopped walnuts or pecans
50 grams dried apricots. soaked for 8 hours in 40ml water
100 grams crystallized pineapple
6 tbspns brandy or rum
1 tspn eac ofh mixed spice & cinnamon

Accompaniment

Description

Nursery scene Christening Cake dedicated to my two gorgeous great-grandsons!

Method

1
Turn oven onto 250F.
Soak fruits overnight in brandy or rum ( or fruit juice if preferred)
Cream butter & sugar, add some of the egg and some of the flour Add rest of beaten eggs and treacle. Combine fruits nuts & peels with dry ingredients & and add these and mix well. Pour into grease proofed tin and place in middle of oven. bake for approx 2 -3 hours depending on your oven & thickness of cake mix, testing with metal skewer to make sure its cooked in middle. When cooked take out of oven and rest on cooling wire. For nursery theme decoration use marzipan to cover the cake and fondant icing for the decorations & follow picture for this theme. Bedside table is a cut down fondant fancy covered with roll out fondant tablecloth. Cake can be adapted to suit any personal theme!
Can be adapted for any ..