23 sweet brandy raisins Recipes

cognac or other brandy, golden raisins, currants, dried apricots, finely chopped, dried cranberries, whole blanched almonds plus 1/3 cup for top of cake (6 ouncecs total), sugar, divided, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, unsalted butter, softened, eggs, pure vanilla extract, grated orange zest, sweet orange marmalade or apricot preserves, orange-flavored liqueur

dry yeast, warm water (110 to 115 f), sugar (divided ), all-purpose flour (divided ), butter or 1 cup margarine, 2 sticks, room temperature, salt, ground ginger, ground mace, eggs, brandy, sweet sherry, seedless raisin, dried currant, citron, thinly sliced