'V' Christmas cake

Steps Cook Recipes 'V' Christmas cake using 11 ingredients and 6 steps

'V' Christmas cake -

You can have 'V' Christmas cake using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients make 'V' Christmas cake

1. Prepare 300 grams (12oz) self raising flour.
2. Prepare 5 ml (1tsp) mixed spice.
3. You need 100 grams (4 oz) ground almonds.
4. You need 200 grams (8 oz) butter.
5. Prepare 200 grams (8oz) castor sugar.
6. Prepare 4 eggs beaten with 125 mls (8 tbsp) milk or (1/2 milk and brandi ).
7. You need 200 grams (8 oz) currants.
8. It's 200 grams (8 oz) sultanas.
9. You need 200 grams (8 oz) raisins.
10. Prepare 100 grams (4 oz ) halved glacé cherries.
11. Prepare 100 grams (4 oz) cut mixed peel.

'V' Christmas cake step by step

1. soak the currents, sultanas, raisins, halved glacè cherries and mixed peel in 1/2 cup (200mls) of good Brandi ..let it soak for at least 4/6 weeks and top up weekly before Christmas if necessary.
2. Sieve together flour , spice and ground almonds.
3. Cream butter and sugar, stir in flour mixture and eggs with milk ( alternately, a little at a time).
4. lastly add fruit mix thoroughly.
5. place mixture in a greased and lined 23cm x 7cm deep round cake tin.
6. bake in slow oven, 150c-300f for about 41/2 hours ...after 31/2 check cake by inserting a knife or skewer until it comes out clean.

'V' Christmas cake - Thank you and good luck