Christmas fruitcake recipe Recipe | Better Homes & Gardens Australia

Ingredients

• 600g sultanas
• 450g raisins
• 200g dried apricots, roughly chopped
• 1¹⁄³ cups sherry or apera
• ½ cup apricot jam
• Finely grated zest and juice of 1 orange
• 250g butter, melted and cooled, plus extra, to grease
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 3 eggs, whisked
• 2 cups plain flour
• ½ cup self-raising flour
• 3 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp mixed spice
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 250g packet ready-to-roll marzipan
• Fresh flowers, to decorate
• Sparkles, to decorate (optional)
• Buttercream
• 125g unsalted butter, softened
• 1½ cups pure icing sugar, sifted
• ½ tsp vanilla extract