Christmas Cake with Almonds
Christmas Cake with Almonds

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, christmas cake with almonds. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook christmas cake with almonds using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Christmas Cake with Almonds:
  1. Prepare 2 1/4 cups (335 g) plain flour
  2. Get 1 1/4 cup (220 g) brown sugar
  3. Take 4 eggs
  4. Make ready 300 g butter
  5. Get 1 cup (160 g) raisins
  6. Take 2 1/4 cups (306 g) sultanas
  7. Make ready 3/4 cup (120 g) currants
  8. Prepare 1 cup (140 g) chopped dates
  9. Get 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  10. Get 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  11. Take 1/4 cup blanched almonds
  12. Make ready 3/4 cup (180 ml) brandy
  13. Take 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  14. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
Instructions to make Christmas Cake with Almonds:
  1. Preheat oven to 150ºC (300ºF).
  2. Soak raisins, sultanas, currants, almonds, dates, brandy, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla in a bowl. Mix well and cover and leave overnight.
  3. Cream butter and sugar in a bowl until light and creamy.
  4. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each egg addition.
  5. Drain soaked fruits and put aside.
  6. Sift flour and bicarbonate soda over drained fruit mixture mixing well. Make sure all fruits are coated.
  7. Once all fruits are coated put in creamed butter and sugar mixture and stir well.
  8. Pour into prepared cake tin. Place almonds on top as decor and bake for 3 hours 10 minutes, or until it passes the skewer test (should come out clean).
  9. Allow to cool in tin.

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