BBC Food - Recipes - Christmas cake with pecan marzipan and brandy butter icing

Name: BBC Food - Recipes - Christmas cake with pecan marzipan and brandy butter icing
Ingredients: 80g/2¾oz golden syrup; 80g/2¾oz black treacle; 50g/1¾oz honey; 250g/9oz dark brown sugar; 200ml/7fl oz double cream; 15g/½oz (about 2 tbsp) mixed spice; 250g/9oz unsalted butter; 1 tsp orange extract; 1 tsp lemon extract; 6 medium free-range eggs; 350g/12oz currants; 350g/12oz raisins; 350g/12oz chopped pitted prunes; 350g/12oz glacé cherries or more dried fruit; 500g/1lb 2oz strong white flour; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; brandy , whisky or orange juice, for feeding the cake; 2 tbsp apricot jam , boiled and sieved; 200g/7oz finely ground pecans , or half walnuts and half pecans; 100g/3½oz icing sugar; 125g4½oz soft brown sugar; 3 free-range egg yolks; 2 tsp liquid glucose; 1 tbsp honey; 1 tsp glycerine; 1-2 tsp ground cinnamon; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 300g/10½oz icing sugar; 50g/1¾oz butter; 25ml/1fl oz double cream

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Try something different for your Christmas cake with this rich fruit cake recipe topped with homemade pecan marzipan.

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