Here is the recipe:-
6oz Brown flour
3 teaspoons Baking powder
2oz Ground almonds
2 teaspoons Mixed spice
1lb Mixed fruit
4oz Dates
4oz Apricots
Grated rind of an orange or lemon
1/2 pint water (for a Christmas cake, I substitute half the water for Contreau)
2 tablespoons orange juice
Soak the fruit overnight in the liquid. Add the dry ingredients, stirring well, add a little more liquid if needed to give a stiff dropping consistency.
Bake in a lined 2lb loaf tin for approx 1+1/2 hours at 160c, covering with some foil for the last 1/2 hour.
I am going to store mine for a while in greaseproof paper and feed a couple of times with some more contreau. Then I will cover it in marzipan and ice.
Soak the fruit overnight in the liquid
Add the dry ingredients and stir well
Bake in a lined 2lb loaf tin
Leave to cool before wrapping in greaseproof paper, ready to decorate. It looks a bit bumpy but that will soon even out when the marzipan is covering it!
I am trying to do something towards Christmas every day now but have still to make some cards! Most of the presents are bought, thanks mainly to ebay and charity shops/catalogues this year.
3 comments:
Now aren't you organised, mincemeat and Christmas cake already on the go! It will probably occur to me christmas eve that I need these things...
Hi Sharie!
I haven't always been so organised! lol! I used to have Christmas Eves that were the stuff of nightmares, with all to be cooked, presents to be wrapped, young children to be occupied! Now I try to get as much as I can out of the way by December so that I can relax and concentrate on the true meaning of Christmas.
Oh yum yum, I have to try this recipe over the weekend. I had to throw away a pudding I made earlier as it had moulded really badly, so this will be a nice replacement!!
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