Name: Best Christmas Cake recipe
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 175 min
Total time: 210 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 375 g sultanas; 250 g raisins chopped; 250 g currants; 125 g mixed peel; 125 g glace cherries halved; 60 g glace pineapple chopped; 250 g butter; 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed; 1/2 cup brandy; 1/2 cup water; 2 tsp orange rind grated; 1 tsp lemon rind grated; 1 tbs treacle; 2 eggs lightly beaten; 1 3/4 cups plain flour; 1/3 cup self-raising flour; 1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

by Alphamax Last updated on 07/15/2019

An 'old-fashioned' recipe that was my late mother-in-law's prize-winning cake show recipe. - Alphamax

Ingredients

375 g sultanas
250 g raisins chopped
250 g currants
125 g mixed peel
125 g glace cherries halved
60 g glace pineapple chopped
250 g butter
1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
1/2 cup brandy
1/2 cup water
2 tsp orange rind grated
1 tsp lemon rind grated
1 tbs treacle
2 eggs lightly beaten
1 3/4 cups plain flour
1/3 cup self-raising flour
1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

Method

Step 1

Line a deep 23 cm or 20 cm square cake tin with three thicknesses of greaseproof paper, bringing paper 5 cm above the edge of tin.
Step 2

Combine fruit, butter, sugar, brandy and water in a pan, stir over heat until butter is melted and sugar dissolved.
Step 3

Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer covered for 10 minutes.
Step 4

Remove from heat, cool to room temperature.
Step 5

Stir in orange and lemon rind, treacle and eggs.
Step 6

Stir in sifted dry ingredients, spread mixture evenly into tin.
Step 7

Bake at 140C for 2-2½ hours. Cover hot cake with foil, cool in tin.