Moist Christmas cake

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By Food24 November 03 2009
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Ingredients (16)

1.00 dried fruitcake mix
125.00 g dates — pitted, finely chopped
200.00 g glacé cherries — halved
50.00 g pecan nuts — or walnuts, chopped
125.00 ml brandy
250.00 g butter — or margerine
250.00 ml brown sugar
5.00 eggs
15.00 ml jam — apricot
500.00 ml flour — cake
salt — pinch
2.00 ml nutmeg — ground
2.00 ml cinnamon — ground
5.00 ml mixed spice — ground
5.00 ml ginger — ground
2.00 ml Bicarbonate of soda
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Method:

1. Mix fruit cake mix, dates, cherries, nuts and brandy together and leave overnight.
2. Cream butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Add jam and fruit mixture, mixing well. Sift together all dry ingredients and stir into mixture.
4. Grease a 20 cm square cake tin or 2 loaf tins and line with 2 layers of greaseproof paper. Grease paper well, spoon mixture into tin and level the top with a spatula.
5. Bake in a preheated oven at 150 ºC for 2 hours. Test if cake is cooked by inserting skewer into centre.
6. Allow to cool completely in tin. Turn out and remove lining. Sprinkle with brandy and seal in cling film.
7. Store in a cool place. Sprinkle brandy over cake once a month.
8. If cake is a gift, wrap in cellophane and decorate with a bow.



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