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Rich Christmas Cake

Name: Rich Christmas Cake
Prep time: 24 h 20 min
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1.5kg mixed dried fruit; 250g glace cherries, red and green mixed; 100g mixed peel; 1 Tbsp grated orange rind; 1 Tbsp grated lemon rind; ½ cup brandy or dark rum; 500g butter; 1 ½ cups Chelsea Dark Cane Sugar; 8 eggs; 2 bananas; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 4 cups flour; 1 cup self raising flour

Preparation

24 hours 20 mins

Bake

3 hours 30 mins

Difficulty

Moderate

Servings

This Christmas cake has the usual fruit and spice but also has the surprising addition of bananas that makes it a little different to the ordinary.

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Ingredients
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Ingredients

1.5kg mixed dried fruit
250g glace cherries, red and green mixed
100g mixed peel
1 Tbsp grated orange rind
1 Tbsp grated lemon rind
½ cup brandy or dark rum
500g butter
1 ½ cups Chelsea Dark Cane Sugar
8 eggs
2 bananas
1 tsp vanilla essence
4 cups flour
1 cup self raising flour

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Method

Place the mixed fruit, cherries, mixed peel, orange rind, lemon rind and brandy or rum in a large bowl and mix well. Cover and leave overnight.

Cream butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy, add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, and then add the bananas and vanilla essence. Stir in the fruit mixture, mix well and add the flour. Mix until well combined.

Place in a deep 25cm cake tin, which had been lined with two layers of brown paper and one layer of grease proof paper. Bake at 150°C for approximately 3 and 1/2 hrs, or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.