JR Ryall’s Dundee cake

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This cake is famous — we all love it. JR Ryle, head pastry chef at Ballymaloe House is also an avid picnicker and always includes this in his basket

JR Ryall’s Dundee cake

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Ingredients

  • 225g softened butter
  • 225g caster sugar

  • grated rind of 1 large orange

  • 4 eggs

  • 225g plain flour, sifted

  • 50g ground almonds

  • 25g mixed candied peel

  • 100g currants

  • 100g sultanas

  • 100g  raisins

  • 50g glacé cherries, quartered

  • 40-50 split blanched and peeled almonds

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 150°C/gas mark 2 and line an 18cm (7 inch) round tin or a 900g (2lbs) loaf tin.

  2. Cream butter and sugar until smooth and light. Beat the eggs. Add in three stages alternating with a tablespoon of the flour between each addition. Beat thoroughly. Mix ground almonds, dried fruit and orange rind before folding into the mixture. Fold in the remaining flour carefully. Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and arrange the split almonds over the entire top.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven for 2 ½ - 3 hours until a skewer comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow 10 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.

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