Rich Christmas Cake
 Ingredients
1.5kg mixed dried fruit
250g glace cherries, red and green mixed
100g mixed peel
1 tablespoon grated orange rind
1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
1/2 cup brandy or dark rum
500g butter
1 1/2 cups CSR Dark Cane Sugar
8 eggs
2 bananas
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
4 cups plain flour
1 cup self raising flour
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 three and a half hours, or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
Makes large family size deep 25cm Christmas cake.
This recipe is courtesy of CSR Sugar. |