Fruity Christmas Cake

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Ingredients

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Ingredients

  • g Country Range Self Raising Flour
  •   1 tsp Country Range Ground Mixed Spice
  •   1 tsp Country Range Baking Powder
  • g Country Range Cooking & Baking
  • g dark soft brown muscovado sugar
  •   5 eggs, size 3
  • g Country Range Dried Mixed Fruit
  • g Country Range Glacé Cherries, chopped
  • g Country Range Ground Almonds
  •   1 tbsp Country Range Fine Cut Orange Marmalade
  •   2 tbsp dark rum

Method

  • 1

    Step 1

    Pre-heat the oven to 150°C/300°F/Gas Mark 2. Line a 9" square tin with greaseproof paper.
  • 2

    Step 2

    Sift the flour, spice and baking powder into a large bowl. Add the margarine, sugar and eggs. Whisk thoroughly (with an electric whisk) until the mixture is smooth.
  • 3

    Step 3

    Stir in the fruit with the remaining ingredients until well combined.
  • 4

    Step 4

    Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and bake on the lowest shelf of the oven for 2-3 hours or until golden, firm to touch and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  • 5

    Step 5

    Leave to cool in the tin. Turn the cake out, wrap in greaseproof paper and store in an airtight tin.
  • 6

    Step 6

    Cover the cake using 1 x 250g pack of brandy marzipan and 2 x 250g packs of ready to roll icing.

Ingredients

  • 225 g Country Range Self Raising Flour
  • 1 tsp Country Range Ground Mixed Spice
  • 1 tsp Country Range Baking Powder
  • 225 g Country Range Cooking & Baking
  • 225 g dark soft brown muscovado sugar
  • 5 eggs, size 3
  • 450 g Country Range Dried Mixed Fruit
  • 225 g Country Range Glacé Cherries, chopped
  • 115 g Country Range Ground Almonds
  • 1 tbsp Country Range Fine Cut Orange Marmalade
  • 2 tbsp dark rum