Golden peach Christmas cakes | Gourmet Traveller

Ingredients

• 520 gm dried fruit, such as peaches, apricots, pears or figs, finely chopped
• 400 gm glacé peaches, finely chopped
• 300 gm sultanas
• 160 gm dates, seeded, coarsely chopped
• 100 gm candied orange rind, finely chopped
• 2 peaches, stones removed, finely chopped
• 1 lemon, juice and thinly peeled rind only
• 300 ml brandy
• 80 ml Grand Marnier and peach liqueur
• 335 gm (2¼ cups) plain flour
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• ½ tsp each ground cinnamon and cloves
• 325 gm butter, softened
• 280 gm raw caster sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, scraped seeds only
• 4 eggs
• 500 gm fondant (see note)
• For dusting: pure icing sugar