Quick Cherry And Almond Christmas Cake Recipe | Christmas Baking recipes | Tesco Real Food

Ingredients

• 175g (6oz) butter, chopped
• 175g (6oz) dark muscovado sugar
• 1 tbsp treacle
• 1 x 150g pack dried fruit mix (including cranberries, raisins and cherries)
• 175g (6oz) soft dried apricots, roughly chopped
• 175g (6oz) soft dried prunes, roughly chopped
• 200g (7oz) sultanas and raisins
• 100g (3 1/2oz) dried cherries
• 2 clementines, finely zested and juiced
• 1 pink grapefruit, finely zested
• 125ml (4fl oz) cherry brandy or amaretto plus 4 tbsp extra to fill the cake
• 50g (2oz) toasted almonds, roughly chopped
• 50g toasted hazelnuts, roughly chopped
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 75g (3oz) ground almonds
• 200g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground mixed spice
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• icing sugar, to dust