[Sca-cooks] Re: Strange christmas dishes (Christmas Cake recipe)

[Susan Laing]

>Yes.  Do rat up a recipe for us, won't you please dearie?
>Olwen

Yes Moth.. err... Aunty Ol.... err.... Grand & Marvellous Marzipan Queen!

See! - your mearest wish is my instant command.... <ratting through
cookbooks>

Mari
<card carrying member of "Minions R us"> :p

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Recipe taken from "Everyday Cookery" by Helen Bunny [Coterie Publications]
ISBN 0-9596523-61 c.1979

Measurements are Australian - 1 teaspoon = 5 ml; 1/4 teaspon = 1.25 ml; 1
tablespoon = 20 ml; 1 cup = 250 ml; 1/2 cup = 125 ml
Oven temp - "Slow oven" = 300 Fahrenheit / 150 Celsius

Rich Christmas Cake
ingredients
750g sultanas
250 g raisins
125 g currants
125 g glace cherries
125 g mixed peel
1/2 cup rum, brandy or sherry
250 g butter
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
4 eggs
2 tablespoons marmalade
2 1/2 cups plain flour
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
pinch salt

Method
*Chop all fruit and place in a large bowl. Add Rum (or brandy or sherry).
Cover and allow to stand a few hours or overnight
*Line a deep 23cm round cake tin or 20cm square cake tin with two
thicknesses of paper, bringing paper 5 cm above edge of tin
*Cream butter until soft, add brown sugar and beat until combined.
*Add lemon and orange rind
*Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add marmalade
*Sift dry ingredients together
*Add fruit mixture and dry ingredients alternatively to creamed mixture. Mix
thoroughly
*Place mixture into prepared tin. Bake in a slow over for 3 to 3 1/2 hours
or until a skewer inserted in the middle of cake comes out clean
*Allow to cool in tin