Spelt Christmas Cake
Cooking time: 2 and a half hours
Easy - for beginners
Description
Ingredients
- You will need:
- 12 oz/350g Margarine
- 12 oz/ 350g dark brown sugar
- 1lb/450g currants
- 12oz/ 350g rasins
- 5oz/ 150g cherries halved
- 5 oz / 150g mixes peel
- 5 oz/ 150g almonds blanched and chopped
- Grated rind of two lemons
- Grated rind of 1 orange
- Sieve Together;
- 150z/ 425 g of white spelt flour
- 1 and a half level teaspoons of mixes spice
- 1 and a half level teaspoons of ground nutmeg
- 3 oz/ 75g ground almonds
- 7 eggs size 2
- 3 tablespoons of whisky
- Preheat oven to gas mark 2, 300 degrees F, 120 degrees C
- 9 inch round baking tin
Method
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Brush the tin with melted margarine and line the sides adn bottom with double grease proof paper
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Sieve together the 15 oz/ 450g of white spelt flour, 1 and a half level teaspoons of mixed spice, 1 and a half level teaspoons of ground nutmeg
3.Place all the cake ingredients together in a very large mixing bowl and mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon umtil well mixed, 3-4 mins
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Place the mixture in the prepared tin and smooth out top with a wet spoon
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Bake in the preheated oven for 2 and a half hours approx depending on oven at 120 degrees on middle shelf
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test the cake by pressing on top with spoon it shouls feel very firm and also with a skewer through the centre of the cake it should come out clean
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Once baked leave the cake to cool overnight in its tin and remove all paper and tin the next day
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To store your cake wrap it in grease proof paper and then tin foil!
I will put up the icing recipe before christmas when complete!!
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