Christmas Cake Recipe

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Ingredients
14
Count
Nutrition
687
Calories
Total time
270
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Might as well do the boring stuff first. Grease and line an 8-inch (~20cm) square cake tin.
  2. Half, wash and flour the cherries.
  3. Sift the flour, salt, browning and spices together into one bowl.
  4. Cream the sugar and butter together until the mixture is light and fluffy.
  5. Add an egg and about quarter of the flour mixture and beat until just mixed. Repeat until you have no more eggs or flour left.
  6. Stir in the fruit and cherries. You may make a wish at this point, if you want - although you can't tell anyone what it is if you want it to come true! It often helps if there's someone big and strong in the house in time to do the final stir as the mixture is very thick and heavy.
  7. Put the mixture in the prepared cake tin, making sure that a large hollow is left in the centre to make up for the cake rising when it's cooked.
  8. Cook on gas mark 1 (140°C, 280°F) for 4 1/2 hours (yes, you did read that right, although check that it's cooked by sticking a knife in it from about 4 hrs onwards) If the cake is cooked, the knife will come out clean.
  9. Leave the cake to cool before taking it out of the tin or trying to remove the stuck bits of greaseproof paper. A large corner of my 21st birthday cake (made to the same recipe) was held together with wooden toothpicks because it'd been taken out of the tin too soon!
  10. When cold, wrap in greaseproof paper and place in an airtight tin.
  11. A month to 6 weeks before Christmas, start dosing the cake with alcohol by making holes with a skewer and dribbling teaspoons of alcohol into the holes. Repeat at least once a week and make sure you dose both sides of the cake over the month. It is up to you how much alcohol you wan to feed your cake. Re-wrap the cake after dosing.
  12. About a week to 10 days before Christmas, marzipan the cake (using apricot jam as the glue) and leave it out (covered by a clean teatowel) for a few days to dry out.
  13. About 3 or 4 days before Christmas, Ice the cake and leave out until the icing is completely solid.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 686.73 Kcal (2875 kJ)
Calories from fat 260.39 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 28.93g 45%
Cholesterol 142.82mg 48%
Sodium 814.43mg 34%
Potassium 535.18mg 11%
Total Carbs 130.95g 44%
Sugars 36.26g 145%
Dietary Fiber 2.18g 9%
Protein 5.45g 11%
Vitamin C 476.3mg 794%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 9%
Iron 1.9mg 11%
Calcium 987.5mg 99%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 332.03 Kcal (1390 kJ)
Calories from fat 125.9 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13.99g 45%
Cholesterol 69.05mg 48%
Sodium 393.77mg 34%
Potassium 258.76mg 11%
Total Carbs 63.31g 44%
Sugars 17.53g 145%
Dietary Fiber 1.05g 9%
Protein 2.64g 11%
Vitamin C 230.3mg 794%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 9%
Iron 0.9mg 11%
Calcium 477.4mg 99%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 15.7
    Points
  • 22
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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