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title: "Mum's Christmas cake"
url: 'https://recipes.spfinch.com/recipes/mums-christmas-cake'
markdown: 'https://recipes.spfinch.com/recipes/mums-christmas-cake.md'
date: '2009-12-10'
description: 'Mum’s recipe Ingredients 225g butter 225g demerara sugar 5 eggs 3 tablespoons brandy 280g plain flour pinch of salt 1 (level) teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon mixed spice 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 tablespoon treacle 1 teaspoon cocoa (sieved well) 450g raisins 450g sultanas 225g currants 55g chopped d…'
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# Mum's Christmas cake

## Mum's Christmas cake

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Mum’s recipe

Ingredients

**225g butter
225g demerara sugar
5 eggs
3 tablespoons brandy
280g plain flour
pinch of salt
1 (level) teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon treacle
1 teaspoon cocoa** (sieved well)
**450g raisins
450g sultanas
225g currants
55g chopped dates** (optional)
**112g glace cherries
112g chopped walnuts
112g mixed peel
zest of 1 lemon
112g whole blanched almonds** (for top)

(tin = 8.5 inches / 22cm square)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 160C / Gas mark 3.
2. Mix dried fruit together in bowl (and add brandy).
3. Cream butter & sugar.
4. Add beaten eggs and slowly fold in flour (sieved together with spices).
5. Mix all together, pour into lined tin, press blanched almonds on top.
6. Bake for 1½ hours at gas mark 3, 1 hour at gas mark 2, another 1 to 1½ hours at gas mark 1.
7. Pour a little brandy over the cake when out of the oven.

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