Festive Fruit Cake 500 ml fruit cake mix 125 ml glacé cherries (halved) 62 ml brandy 125 g butter (room temperature) 125 ml sugar 4 extra large eggs 500 ml cake flour 5 ml baking
Festive Fruit Cake
- 500 ml fruit cake mix
- 125 ml glacé cherries (halved)
- 62 ml brandy
- 125 g butter (room temperature)
- 125 ml sugar
- 4 extra large eggs
- 500 ml cake flour
- 5 ml baking powder
- 5 ml mixed spice
- 10 ml cinnamon
- 5 ml ginger
- 10 ml bicarbonate of soda
- 250 ml milk
- 62 ml molasses
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Soak the cake mix and cherries in the brandy overnight
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Preheat oven at 160ºC
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Cream butter and sugar together and add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition until light and fluffy
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Sift the flour, baking powder and spices together and fold into the creamed mixture
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Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the milk and add to creamed mixture along with the molasses
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Add the fruit and mix well
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Spoon the mixture into a deep greased and lined 22 cm tin and bake for 1 hour or until a skewer comes out clean
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Decorate with blanched almonds and glacé fruit if desired