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Ingredients

• 300 g raisins
• 150 g diced dried apricots (chopped 8 mm / 1/3")
• mixed peel (diced 5mm / 1/5)
• 150 g glace cherries (chopped 8 mm / 1/3")
• 180 g dates (diced 5mm / 1/5")
• 1 cup apple juice (OR 1/3 brandy + 2/3 juice )
• CAKE:
• 115 g unsalted butter (softened )
• 1½ cups brown sugar (packed (or dark brown sugar for a darker crumb,)
• ½ cup vegetable oil (or canola, peanut, grapeseed)
• 3 tbsp molasses or golden syrup
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp all spice
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp nutmeg
• 3 eggs
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 1⅔ cups plain flour (all purpose flour)
• ¾ cup walnuts (chopped (optional))
• DECORATING
• ▢ Icing sugar (for dusting)
• ▢ Christmas fondant – see directions here
• CHRISTMAS PUDDING DRIPPY GLAZE
• 1½ ▢ 1 1/2 cups soft icing sugar / powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp ▢ 1 tbsp / 15g unsalted butter (softened)
• ½ tsp vanilla
• 1½ tbsp milk