Step-by-Step Guide to Make Homemade Christmas Cake

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Just in addition, the time it takes to cook Christmas Cake estimated approx 3.25-3.50 hrs.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have Christmas Cake using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

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Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Christmas Cake:

1. 8 oz butter
2. 8 oz dark soft brown sugar
3. 4 eggs
4. 8 oz plain flour, sifted
5. 1 teaspoon allspice
6. 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
7. 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
8. 2 tablespoons black treacle
9. 1 tablespoon lemon or orange juice
10. 8 oz seedless raisins
11. 12 oz currants
12. 8 oz sultanas
13. 4 oz cut mixed peel
14. 3 oz glace cherries, quartered, washed and dried
15. grated rind of 1 lemon
16. grated rind of 1 small orange
17. 6-8 tablespoons brandy (divided)

Steps to make to make Christmas Cake

1. In a large bowl, combine the raisins, currants, sultanas, mixed peel, glace cherries and grated lemon and orange rind. Add 3-4 tablespoons brandy, stir well and leave to soak.
2. Preheat the oven to 300 F.
3. Grease and line an 8 inch round or 7 inch square deep cake tin with greased greaseproof paper.
4. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until very light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, folding in a tablespoon of flour after each addition.
5. Sift the remaining flour with spices and fold into the creamed mixture, using a large metal spoon. Then stir in the treacle and fruit juice.
6. Add the brandy-soaked fruit mix to the cake mixture and stir until evenly blended, then turn into the prepared tin. Smooth the surface, make a small hollow in the center and tie a treble thickness of brown paper around the outside of the tin.
7. Bake in the preheated cool oven for about 3.25-3.50 hours or until a warmed fine skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
8. Leave the cake in the tin overnight to cool completely. Prick the surface all over with a fine skewer, then pour over the remaining 3-4 tablespoons brandy and allow to soak in. Remove the cake from the tin, wrap securely in foil and store in a cool dry place.

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