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This cake is a rich, dark, moist fruit cake, very flavorful at Christmas. Try icing with almond paste for a more festive touch. This recipe is started in October or November so as to let it mellow before the holidays.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook christmas cake with almonds using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Christmas Cake with Almonds:
- Prepare 2 1/4 cups (335 g) plain flour
- Get 1 1/4 cup (220 g) brown sugar
- Take 4 eggs
- Make ready 300 g butter
- Get 1 cup (160 g) raisins
- Prepare 2 1/4 cups (306 g) sultanas
- Take 3/4 cup (120 g) currants
- Get 1 cup (140 g) chopped dates
- Make ready 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Get 1/4 cup blanched almonds
- Get 3/4 cup (180 ml) brandy
- Make ready 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
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Steps to make Christmas Cake with Almonds:
- Preheat oven to 150ºC (300ºF).
- Soak raisins, sultanas, currants, almonds, dates, brandy, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla in a bowl. Mix well and cover and leave overnight.
- Cream butter and sugar in a bowl until light and creamy.
- Add eggs one at a time beating well after each egg addition.
- Drain soaked fruits and put aside.
- Sift flour and bicarbonate soda over drained fruit mixture mixing well. Make sure all fruits are coated.
- Once all fruits are coated put in creamed butter and sugar mixture and stir well.
- Pour into prepared cake tin. Place almonds on top as decor and bake for 3 hours 10 minutes, or until it passes the skewer test (should come out clean).
- Allow to cool in tin.
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