Modern Christmas Cake

Ingredients

• 125 g butter
• 90 g pecan halves
• 125 g light muscovado sugar
• 90 g dried cranberries
• 90 g dried apricots, chopped
• Grated zest and juice of 1 small orange
• 2 ½ tbsp. brandy
• 2 eggs
• 150 g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 25 g crystallised ginger, chopped
• Icing sugar to decorate