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Glazed Nutty Christmas Cake

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CATEGORY CUISINE TAG YIELD
Grains, Eggs, Dairy 30 Servings

INGREDIENTS

125 g Ready-to-eat dried apricots
chopped roughly
4oz
50 g Glace cherries, washed
dried and
quartered 2oz
175 g Currants, 6oz
175 g Seedless raisins, 6oz
175 g Sultanas, 6oz
5 T Brandy
250 g Half-fat spread, 8oz
75 g Soft dark brown muscavado
sugar 3oz
Finely grated zest of 1
large lemon
3 Eggs, size 2 beaten
250 g Self-raising wholemeal
flour 8oz
A pinch of salt
1 t Ground mixed spice
1/2 t Ground cinnamon
50 g Blanched almonds, chopped
2oz
2 T Skimmed milk, 30ml
125 g Mixed nuts, eg brazil nuts
walnuts and pecan
nuts about 4oz

INSTRUCTIONS

Place the apricots, cherries, currants, raisins and sultanas in a
large bowl. Pour over the brandy, cover and leave to soak overnight.
Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 2/150 C/300 F.  Lightly grease a 20cm
(8inch) round or 18cm (7inch) square cake tin  and line the base and
sides with a double layer of greaseproof paper.  Tie a double thickness
of greaseproof paper around the outside of the  tin.  Cream together
the half-fat spread and sugar until pale in colour.  Stir in the lemon
zest and add the eggs, a little at a time, beating  well between each
addition.  Sieve together the flour, salt and spices and fold into the
creamed  mixture. Finally fold in the soaked fruit, chopped almonds and
milk.  Spoon the cake mixture into the prepared tin and level the
surface.  Carefully arrange the mixed nuts decoratively to cover the
surface of  the cake mixture.  Bake the cake in the oven for 2-2 1/2
hours, or until a skewer  inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cover
lightly with foil, if  necessary, to prevent overbrowning.  Leave the
cake to cool in the tin before cooling completely on a wire  rack.
Discard the greaseproof paper.  To complete the decoration, warm the
apricot jam and pass through a  sieve. Stir in the orange zest and then
brush the mixture over the  nuts. Decorate with a wide red, green or
gold ribbon tied around the  side.  Converted by MC_Buster.  Converted
by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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