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Christmas
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18 December 2022
Categories
Christmas
Baking
Nana's Xmas Cake (Submitted by Barb)
Ingredients:
500g butter
2 cups sugar
9 eggs
1 Tbsp coffee essence
Wineglass of brandy/sherry
Salt
1 dsp spice
1 dsp cinnamon
4 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 x 1kg packets mixed fruit
2 x 70g packets blanched almonds
METHOD: -
Cream butter and sugar.
Beat eggs in very well.
Add coffee and brandy.
Mix dry ingredients with fruit.
Mix altogether.
Put in large, lined cake tin.
Start at 150°C. Turn temperature down 20° every 45 minutes.
Cook for 3 hours.
Leave overnight in tin.
Cover in paper and store till the day.
This is a family favourite - my grandmother made it each year, my mother made it, I make it and my daughter makes it.
Simple yet so tasty. Enjoy.
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