Sherry & almond Christmas cake - Good Food Middle East

Sherry & almond Christmas cake - Good Food Middle East

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Packed with almonds, both ground and whole, and fed with raisiny PX sherry, this is intensely fruity – but not overly rich

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Ingredients

  • 1kg bag mixed dried fruit (not one with cherries)
  • zest and juice 2 large oranges
  • 150ml PX (Pedro Ximenez) sherry, plus extra for feeding
  • 250g pack butter, softened, plus extra for the tin
  • 250g light muscovado sugar
  • seeds scraped from 1 vanilla pod
  • 140g plain flour
  • 100g ground almonds
  • 2 tsp mixed spice
  • 4 large eggs, beaten
  • 140g whole almonds

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