Alison’s Golden Christmas Cake | RNZ Recipes

Ingredients

• About 1 C each cubed crystallised mango, papaya, pineapple and melon (cantaloupe)
• (Buy 1 kg total of three or four of the crystallised fruits; cut these into 5mm cubes with
• scissors or a sharp knife. You need 3-4 C of cubed crystallised fruit)
• 1 C sultanas
• 1 C dried cranberries or extra sultanas
• 1 C chardonnay (or other white wine) or ½ C orange juice plus ½ C water
• ½-1 C glace cherries (optional)
• 250 gms butter
• 1 C sugar
• 5 lge eggs
• 1 C ground almonds
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ½ tsp almond essence (optional)
• grated rind of 1 orange and lemon
• 1½ C high grade (bread) flour
• 1½ tsp baking powder