Jenny's Christmas Cake

* Exported from MasterCook *

JENNY'S CHRISTMAS CAKE

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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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10 oz Wholewheat flour
1 1/2 lb Dried Mixed Fruit
4 oz Glace Cherries
2 oz Chopped Walnuts
2 oz Chopped Almonds
2 ts Baking Powder
Nutmeg
1/2 ts Salt
8 oz Butter
5 Eggs (4-6)
3 tb Molasses (2-4)
1 Grated rind of 1 lemon
1 Grated rind of 1 orange
8 oz Demerera Sugar
LOTS of ALCOHOL
-about half bottle of rum
-or brandy or both
1/4 pt Guiness

Mix the fruit and alcohol together and leave to soak
for 3 days minimum. Add cherries and nuts to mixture.
Mix flour, baking powder, spices and salt together.
Cream the butter, and sugar, when light and fluffy
beat in molasses and then eggs one at a time.
Fold in half of the flour mixture followed by the
fruit and alcohol mixture. Then fold in the remainder
of the flour. Bake in lined tin wrapped in newspaper
and secure tin with string. Bake at Gas 3 for first
two hours then reduce to Gas 2 for a further 90
minutes. When cooked sprinkle cake with alcohol. Keep
wrapped in foil and every so often sprinkle with
alcohol.



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