Martha's Christmas cake Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Martha's Christmas cake
Add your photo!
Count
Calories
Minutes

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Cream butter and sugar with molasses and lemon rinds.
  2. Beat until mixture is soft and light.
  3. Whisk eggs and liquid and gradually beat into creamed butter mixture, adding little sieved flour if curdling shows.
  4. Mix in fruit with flour- gently but not overmixing and add spices.
  5. Pour into buttered cake tin.
  6. Bake in oven at 325-350 degrees F.
  7. For 1-1/4 hours then lower oven to 300 degrees for 2-1/2 to 3 hours.
  8. Allow to cool in tin.
  9. Tip out.
  10. Baste in sherry.
  11. Wrap in foil.
  12. Age well!
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2246.11 Kcal (9404 kJ)
Calories from fat 827.57 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 91.95g 141%
Cholesterol 397.04mg 132%
Sodium 1367.72mg 57%
Potassium 1559.29mg 33%
Total Carbs 331.41g 110%
Sugars 180.38g 722%
Dietary Fiber 25.21g 101%
Protein 29.87g 60%
Vitamin C 74.3mg 124%
Vitamin A 0.7mg 24%
Iron 11.3mg 63%
Calcium 447.9mg 45%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 306.38 Kcal (1283 kJ)
Calories from fat 112.88 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.54g 141%
Cholesterol 54.16mg 132%
Sodium 186.56mg 57%
Potassium 212.69mg 33%
Total Carbs 45.21g 110%
Sugars 24.6g 722%
Dietary Fiber 3.44g 101%
Protein 4.07g 60%
Vitamin C 10.1mg 124%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 24%
Iron 1.5mg 63%
Calcium 61.1mg 45%

* 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
Search recipes
by ingredients
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 51.8
    Points
  • 60
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

Share Recipe

Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top