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Everyone loves a piece of rich fruit Christmas Cake and it's a pleasure to give visitors a piece when they visit. Not everyone has the confidence to make their own christmas cake.

This is an easy, Christmas Cake Recipe that you could depend on year after year, one that your whole family and visitors will look forward to sampling.

This is my favourite Christmas Cake recipe. I’ve made this cake every year for over 10 years and so far it has worked out every time. It’s as popular with family and friends today as when I first tried the recipe

This rich tradition christmas cake is so easy to make.

MAKES: an 8in/20.5cm round cake

PREP: 50 minutes, plus overnight soaking time

COOK: 3 1/2 - 4 hours

Christmas Cake Recipe

8oz/225g currants

8oz/225g raisins

8oz/225g sultanas

6oz/175g glace cherries (roughly chopped)

3oz/75g mixed peel

grated rind and juice of 1 lemon

grated rind and juice of 1 orange

1/4pt/150ml brandy or rum

8oz/225g plain flour

pinch of salt

1/2tsp/2.5ml mixed spice

1tsp/5ml ground cinnamon

8oz/225g unsalted butter

8oz/225g dark muscovado sugar

4 eggs, beaten

1tbsp/15ml black treacle

2oz/50g flaked almonds

2oz/50g mixed walnuts & hazelnuts,roughly chopped

2oz/50g ground almonds

6tbsp/90ml apricot jam

1 1/4lb/575g marzipan

icing sugar, to dust

8in/20.5cm deep, round cake tin

11in/28cm cakeboard

METHOD

Place the fruit and peel in a bowl,
add the lemon and orange rind and juice and the brandy or rum.
Cover and soak overnight.

Preheat your oven to Mark 1/275F/140C.

Grease and line the sides and base of the cake tin.

Tie a band of brown paper around the outside of the tin and place the tin on a baking sheet lined with more brown paper.

Sieve the flour,salt and spices together.

Cream the butter and sugar together until smooth and creamy.

Add the eggs a little at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add a spoonful of flour if the mixture begins to curdle.

Stir in the black treacle.

Add all the nuts, including the ground almonds, to the fuit and, using a large metal spoon, fold them into the mixture along with the flour.

Spoon into the prepared tin, making a slight dip in the centre.

Cook in the middle of the oven for about 3 1/2 - 4 hours or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Cover with brown paper if the top begins to brown too quickly.

Leave to cool in the tin.

Then turn out and store wrapped in foil.

To Prepare your Christmas Cake for Icing

To prepare the cake for icing, spoon the apricot jam into a saucepan with 1tbs/15ml water.
Heat gently, then sieve and cool sightly.

Place the cake on an 11in/28cm cakeboard and lightly brush the jam over the top and all round the side of the cake.

On a surface lightly dusted with icing sugar, roll out the marzipan into a circle about 6in/15cm larger than the cke.

Lift the marzipan onto the cake, smooth the top and mould it down over the sides.

Trim off any excess.

Ice and decorate your christmas cake according to your own taste, with either royal icing or fondant icing.

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