Christmas Cake Recipe | Dr. Oetker

Ingredients

• 600 g Mixed Dried Fruit
• 100 g Glacé Cherries
• 150 g Dried Cranberries
• 150 g Dates (chopped)
• about 10 g Orange R (zest of 1 orange)
• about 60 ml Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice (juice of 1 orange)
• 200 ml Rum (or brandy, plus extra for feeding)
• 280 g Unsalted butter
• 200 g Dark Brown Sugar
• 5 ml Dr. Oetker Valencian Orange Extract (1 tsp)
• 4 Medium Eggs
• 45 ml Golden Syrup (3 tbsp)
• 250 g Plain Flour
• 150 g Ground Almonds
• 2 1/2 g Ground Ginger (1/2 tsp)
• 5 g Ground Cinnamon (1 tsp)
• 250 g Chopped Almonds
• 50 g Apricot Jam
• 454 g Dr. Oetker Ready to Roll Marzipan
• 1000 g Dr. Oetker Ready to Roll White Fondant Icing
• Dr. Oetker Glamour and Sparkle Sprinkles