Christmas cake

Recipe by: Darina Allen

Fed with whiskey and flavoured with mixed spice this traditional Christmas cake will delight any guests this festive season

Christmas cake

SERVES

12

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

30

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

180

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • 225g butter

  • 225g pale, soft-brown sugar or golden caster sugar

  • 6 eggs

  • 285g flour

  • 1 tsp mixed spice

  • 65ml Irish whiskey

  • 340g sultanas

  • 340g currants

  • 340g raisins

  • 110g real glacé cherries

  • 110g homemade candied peel

  • 55g ground almonds

  • 55g whole almonds

  • rind of 1 organic unwaxed lemon

  • rind of 1 organic unwaxed orange

  • 1 large or 2 small Bramley Seedling apples, grated

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