My Mum's Christmas Cake

Name: My Mum's Christmas Cake
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 40 min
Yield: 1 Christmas cake
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups currants, 250g; 1 1/2 cups sultanas, 250g; 1 1/2 cups raisins, 250g; 60 g glace cherries, halved; 1 cup butter (250g); 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed; 1/2 cup water, hot; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 teaspoon nutmeg; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 4 eggs, beaten; 250 g plain flour; 1/2 cup rum, maybe little more; 1/2 cup almonds, blanched to decorate

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Recipe by Ninna

Instructions for cooking much quicker boiled fruit cake given below also. Mum used to make a boiled fruit cake often, sometimes with drained crushed pineapple in the mixture.

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READY IN: 3hrs 40mins

YIELD: 1 Christmas cake

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1 ¹⁄₂

cups currants, 250g
1 ¹⁄₂

cups sultanas, 250g
1 ¹⁄₂

cups raisins, 250g
60

g glace cherries, halved
1

cup butter (250g)
1

cup brown sugar, firmly packed
¹⁄₂

cup water, hot
1

teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1

teaspoon nutmeg
1

teaspoon cinnamon
4

eggs, beaten
250

g plain flour
¹⁄₂

cup rum, maybe little more
¹⁄₂

cup almonds, blanched to decorate

DIRECTIONS

CHRISTMAS CAKE:
Beat sugar & butter very well; mix in all fruit (soaked in rum overnight), carb soda and spice.
Add eggs and then fold in flour, then add water.
Spoon mixture cake tin lined with 2 thicknesses each of brown and greased greaseproof paper; arrange extra almonds around top - brown paper on top of cake while it is cooking will stop it scorching.
Cook 3 hrs 150degC (300degF), lower for fan forced - check cake with skewer or knife if it comes out clean it is cooked.
BOILED FRUIT CAKE:
Soak fruit with rum overnight.
Then boil everything together, other than eggs and flour; now add eggs and fold in flour.
Cook at 150oC (300degF), for 2 1/2 hours.
NB: Check both types of cakes after 2 hours.

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