Traditional Christmas Cake Recipe

Name: Traditional Christmas Cake Recipe
Ingredients: 600g/3 cups raisins or sultanas; 150g/¾ cup glacé cherries, halved; 150g/¾ cup chopped mixed candied peel; 225ml/8 fl oz sherry or brandy or your favourite tipple, plus extra for feeding; 225g/scant 1 cup Ivy’s Reserve Farmhouse Butter, at room temperature; 225g/1¼ cups soft light brown sugar; 2 tbsp black treacle; 3 large eggs; 1 orange, zest only; 75g/⅔ cup ground almonds/almond flour; 260g/scant 2¼ cups plain flour/all-purpose flour; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp mixed spice; 100g/⅔ cup mixed nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, pecans, walnuts), roughly chopped; 2 tbsp smooth apricot jam; 250g/ 8.8oz marzipan; 250g/8.8oz ready-to-roll fondant icing; Cake topper decorations, ribbon, greenery

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It isn’t Christmas without walking into the kitchen to the heady aroma of brandy-soaked fruit. Here's an easy recipe to make your own Traditional Christmas Cake

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