Easy-Action Christmas Cake | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Easy-Action Christmas Cake | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

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Bung into a cake tin and let this stand in a low oven to produce a cake that is as dense, aromatic and fruity as you could hope for.

Keywords

  • Indulgent
  • Sociable
  • Christmas
  • Nut Free
  • Sweet
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Ingredients

  • 775 grams best-quality mixed dried fruit
  • 175 grams unsalted butter
  • 250 grams dark brown muscovado sugar
  • 1 x 250 grams tin sweetened chestnut puree
  • 125 millilitres dark rum
  • juice and zest of 1 orange
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 3 large eggs (beaten)
  • 250 grams plain flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

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