Lindas Christmas Cake

Name: Lindas Christmas Cake
Prep time: 4 h 30 min
Cook time: 4 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 280 grams 10oz Butter / marg; 280 grams 10oz moist brown sugar; 1 lemon & 1 orange finely grated rind; 1 Tbsp black treacle; 6 beaten eggs with 2 tablespoons of brandy or sherry or rum; 340 grams Sieve 12oz plain flour & 1 teaspoon mixed spice; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 25 grams 1oz ground almonds; 2 kgs Add 3lb mixed dried fruit; 170 grams 6oz chopped glace cherries; 300 grams 10oz mixed chopped nuts

Lindas Christmas Cake is a lacto ovo vegetarian dessert. This recipe serves 30. One serving contains 269 calories, 5g of protein, and 14g of fat. A mixture of nuts, moist brown sugar, glace cherries, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 4 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Take a 9-inch (23cm) square or a 10-inch (26cm) round cake tin.

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Cake Form

Grease the tin 1st with marg then cut two rounds of greaseproof paper to fit the base and a double greaseproof paper to fit the sides,( making the sides a little large then the tin) Snip the base of this band (side) at regular intervals, so it fits flat at the bottom. Press the band into the cake tin. Making the sides large then the tin

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Base

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Cake Form

Preheat oven 325 F- 160C, gas mark 3

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Oven

Cream the butter with brown sugar, add finely grated orange and lemon rind, blend together then add the black treacle. beat the eggs with the "brandy or sherry or rum" and gradually blend into the creamed mixture.

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Black Treacle

Brown Sugar

Lemon Peel

Brandy

Butter

Orange

Sherry

Cream

Egg

Rum

Sieve the flour & mixed spice into the mixture along with the ground cinnamon, then add the ground almonds, mix well then add the 3lb mixed dried friut.

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Ground Cinnamon

Almond Meal

Mixed Spice

All Purpose Flour

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Sieve

once all mixed add the chopped glace cherries, and the 300g mixed nuts, you can add little at a time to make sure its all mixed in well.

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Candied Cherries

Mixed Nuts

spoon the mixture into the prepared cake tin, smooth the mixture on top and press gently with damp but not too wet knuckles, this helps to keep the cake flat on top and also prevents it becoming hardened with baking.

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Bake for approximately 4 - 5 hours in the centre of the oven.

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Oven

Allow 1 hour at a moderate heat (325 F- 160C, gas mark

then lower the heat to slow (275-300F. 140-150 C gas mark 1-

and continue the cooking,

Check carefully and lower the heat if the cake is becoming to brown.

Test the cake ensure the cake has shrunk away from the sides of the tin and when a fine skewer is inserted into the cake it should come out quite clean

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Skewers

Then follow another test listen carefully an uncooked rich cake makes a distinct hum.

Cool in the tin only turn out when cold.

To give a very moist texture, prick the cooked cake at 10 days intervals and soak with a little sherry, brandy or rum.

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Brandy

Sherry

Rum

To marzipan a rich fruit cake

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Marzipan

Fruit

Try not to handle the marzipan to much.

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Marzipan

First brush away any surplus crumbs from the cake, make sure the cake is level; it is often a good idea to turn the cake upside-down and use the base as the top as it is 100% level

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Base

Coat the cake with sieved apricot jam before putting the marzipan on make sure your marzipan covers the sides, extra trims can be cut off to neaten it later

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Apricot Jam

Marzipan

Before icing the cake decide weather you want to leave the marzipan for 48hrs to dry out, but marzipan is nicer if moist, but if it has been handled a lot the oil for the ground almonds will soak through the icing, you can paint the marzipan with egg white and ice at once

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Almond Meal

Egg Whites

Marzipan

Icing

Ice

Cooking Oil

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Servings:

280grams

10oz Butter / marg 280grams

10oz moist brown sugar 1

lemon & 1 orange finely grated rind 1Tbsp

black treacle 6

beaten eggs with 2 tablespoons of brandy or sherry or rum 340grams

Sieve 12oz plain flour & 1 teaspoon mixed spice 1teaspoons

ground cinnamon 25grams

1oz ground almonds 2kgs

Add 3lb mixed dried fruit 170grams

6oz chopped glace cherries 300grams

10oz mixed chopped nuts

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Moscato Dasti, Port

Cream Sherry, Moscato d'Asti, and Port are my top picks for Christmas Cake. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.