Name: Christmas cake and pudding: two-in-one
Prep time: 120 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Baking
Ingredients: 1 cup cake flour; 1 tsp Baking powder; 3 ml salt; 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda; 1 tsp ginger ground; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 3 ml nutmeg ground; 1.5 cup breadcrumbs white; 125 g butter at room temperature; 2 Tbs cornflour; 115 g brown sugar soft; 2 eggs extra-large; 60 ml brandy; fruit and nut cake mix; 2 Tbs smooth apricot jam; 1 cup mixed nuts; 1/2 cup glacé cherries; 1 figs crystallised; 500 g dried fruit cake mix; 50 g almonds slivered; 1 cup glacé cherries halved; 4 pineapple tinned rings; 8 ml lemon peeled and grated; 60 ml treacle black or molasses; 2 Tbs pnp lemon juice; 310 ml ginger beer or stout beer

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Ingredients (26)

1 cup	cake flour
1 tsp	Baking powder
3 ml	salt
1 tsp	Bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp	ginger — ground
1 tsp	ground cinnamon
3 ml	nutmeg — ground
1.5 cup	breadcrumbs — white
125 g	butter — at room temperature
2 Tbs	cornflour
115 g	brown sugar — soft
2	eggs — extra-large
60 ml	brandy
	fruit and nut cake mix
2 Tbs	smooth apricot jam
1 cup	mixed nuts
1/2 cup	glacé cherries
1	figs — crystallised

FRUIT

500 g	dried fruit cake mix
50 g	almonds — slivered
1 cup	glacé cherries — halved
4	pineapple — tinned rings
8 ml	lemon — peeled and grated
60 ml	treacle — black or molasses
2 Tbs	pnp lemon juice
310 ml	ginger beer — or stout beer

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Method:

Day one: soak the fruit
Mix all ingredients, cover and leave to soak overnight at room temperature.

Day two: mix and bake
Preheat oven to 170C

Prepare a square tin 22cm wide x 7cm deep; or a smaller tin (15 cm x 7 cm) plus a fluted mould for the pudding 16cm (across top) x 10cm (base) x 5cm deep.

Grease pan/s with soft butter and line the base and sides with baking paper.

Cut 5 strips of newspaper, 5cm higher than the pan, wrap around the outside of pan and secure with string.
Line a baking sheet with 5 layers of newspaper. Set aside.

Sift the first seven ingredients together twice.

Add breadcrumbs and toss through using fingers. Then cream butter until light and fluffy.

Mix cornflour and brown sugar.

Add sugar mixture to butter in batches, creaming well after each addition until the mixture becomes light and fluffy.

Whisk the egg whites, add to mixture, then add egg yolks one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.

Fold through 1/3 of the flour mixture using a spatula or metal spoon.

Add half the fruit mixture and fold in. Continue in this way, ending with the flour mixture. Don’t over-mix.
Spoon batter into prepared cake pan/s. Place on baking sheet and bake for 1 hour.

Reduce temperature to 160C and bake for a further hour. Switch oven off, open door about 3cm and leave cake/s to cool in warm oven.

Pour brandy over cooled cake/s and allow it to be absorbed.

Turn out cake/s, remove baking paper and wrap cake/s in foil. Store in an airtight container.

Reheat on 80% power in the microwave for 4-5 minutes. Serve with brandy butter, custard or ice cream. Decorate with a few cherries.

Fruit-and-nut topping
Spoon apricot jam into a glass bowl and heat in microwave for 1 minute, or heat in a small saucepan on the stovetop.
Toss sliced fruit and nuts in jam to coat.

Pile on top of cake.

This recipe is sponsored by Pick n Pay and was created by Fresh Living magazine.