Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, christmas cake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Christmas Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Christmas Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook christmas cake using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Christmas Cake:

1. Take 8 oz butter
2. Get 8 oz dark soft brown sugar
3. Prepare 4 eggs
4. Prepare 8 oz plain flour, sifted
5. Get 1 teaspoon allspice
6. Take 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
7. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
8. Make ready 2 tablespoons black treacle
9. Prepare 1 tablespoon lemon or orange juice
10. Prepare 8 oz seedless raisins
11. Prepare 12 oz currants
12. Make ready 8 oz sultanas
13. Make ready 4 oz cut mixed peel
14. Take 3 oz glace cherries, quartered, washed and dried
15. Prepare grated rind of 1 lemon
16. Make ready grated rind of 1 small orange
17. Take 6-8 tablespoons brandy (divided)

Steps to make Christmas Cake:

1. In a large bowl, combine the raisins, currants, sultanas, mixed peel, glace cherries and grated lemon and orange rind. Add 3-4 tablespoons brandy, stir well and leave to soak.
2. Preheat the oven to 300 F.
3. Grease and line an 8 inch round or 7 inch square deep cake tin with greased greaseproof paper.
4. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until very light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, folding in a tablespoon of flour after each addition.
5. Sift the remaining flour with spices and fold into the creamed mixture, using a large metal spoon. Then stir in the treacle and fruit juice.
6. Add the brandy-soaked fruit mix to the cake mixture and stir until evenly blended, then turn into the prepared tin. Smooth the surface, make a small hollow in the center and tie a treble thickness of brown paper around the outside of the tin.
7. Bake in the preheated cool oven for about 3.25-3.50 hours or until a warmed fine skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
8. Leave the cake in the tin overnight to cool completely. Prick the surface all over with a fine skewer, then pour over the remaining 3-4 tablespoons brandy and allow to soak in. Remove the cake from the tin, wrap securely in foil and store in a cool dry place.

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