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any good christmas cake needs
{Let the cake mature for atleast 3 weeks.}
so i think it is really late to prepare any "
Christmas cake"
But try this,
Plain flour340 gms. Eggs 4 nos. Butter or Margarine 225 gms. Brown sugar 225gms. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Mixed Spices 1 tsp. Candied peels 100 gms.
Glace cherries(chopped) 100 gms.currrants
500 gms.Sultanas225gms.Raisins 225 gms.Almonds,blanched and chopped 100 gms.
Lemon rind grated 1 no.Milk,Sherry or Brandy 4 tbsp.Soda bicarbonate 1 tsp.Salt ½ tsp.
For the ROYAL ICING: Egg whites 4 nos.
Icing sugar 900 gms.Lemon juice 2 tsp.
1.Sieve together all the dry ingredients.
2.Mix peel, cherries, fruit, chopped almond and lemon rind. 3.Whisk the eggs milk or sherry together. 4.Cream the butter or margarine and sugar until soft. 5.Add the flour and egg mixture alternately to the cream mixture - do not over
beat when mixing.6.Lastly stir in the fruit mixture and pour into the cake tin lined with greasedpaper on the sides and bottom.7.Bake in a oven at 300 degrees F for 1 1/2 hr and reduce the heat to 275 degrees F for another 1 1/2hr or till done. 8.Cool the cake and wrap in 2 thickness of foil and store in airtight tin. For very
moist cake prick the cold cake and pour sherry at intervals. 9.Let the cake mature for atleast 3 weeks.10.Cover with marzipan and decorate with Royal Icing.11.To make the ROYAL ICING : In a large bowl whisk egg whites until frothy. Sift
the icing sugar in the bowl little at a time, whisking well between each addition.
Add lemon juice and continue to whisk the mixture until peaks form
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