Nigella Lawson Traditional Christmas Cake Recipe | Christmas 2025 Baking
Nigella Lawson's recipe for Traditional Christmas cake, made with dried fruit, ground almonds, chopped pecans and a good splash of bourbon.
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Ingredients
- 700g raisins
- 300g currants
- 100g glacé cherries
- 150g chopped pecans (or walnuts)
- 400ml bourbon (or brandy)
- 300g butter
- 180g dark brown sugar
- 2 tsp lemon zest, grated
- 4 large eggs
- 2 tbsp black treacle or molasses
- 1 tsp almond essence
- 300g plain flour
- 150g ground almonds
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
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