Best Christmas cake/ fruit cake

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have Best Christmas cake/ fruit cake using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

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Ingredients and spices that need to be Make ready to make Best Christmas cake/ fruit cake:

1. 1 kg dried fruit - a mix of raisins, sultanas, prunes, figs, cherries, cranberries
2. Zest and juice of 1 orange
3. Zest and juice of 1 (unwaxed) lemon (use 2 if they are small/ medium sized)
4. 150 ml strong black tea + a few more spoonfuls for ‘feeding’
5. 250 g butter
6. 100 g light brown sugar
7. 175 g plain flour
8. 1/2 tsp baking powder
9. 100 g ground almonds
10. 100 g flaked almonds
11. 75-100 g walnut pieces
12. 2 tsp mixed spice
13. 1 tsp ground cinnamon
14. 1/2 tsp ground cloves
15. 4 large eggs
16. 1 tsp vanilla extract

Steps to make to make Best Christmas cake/ fruit cake

1. Prepare the tin. Use a 20cm cake tin and double line with baking paper. Then line the outside too.
2. In a large heavy pan, put the fruits, lemon and orange zest and juice, the tea, the butter and the sugar. Heat on medium until boiling. Lower the heat, cover and simmer for 5 mins.
3. Leave the fruit mix to cool. Quickest way is to empty the pan onto a roasting tray or you can also put in a bowl.
4. Preheat oven to 150C.
5. In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients.
6. Add the fruit and eggs and vanilla. Stir until well combined.
7. Pour the mix into the cake tin. Smooth the top. Cook for about 2 hours.
8. When the cake is ready, use a skewer to make a few holes in the top. Spoon in about 3 tbsp of black tea (this is ‘feeding’ the cake). Leave to cool.
9. Enjoy 😋

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