Best Ever Rich Brandy Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe | New Idea

Ingredients

• 3 cups sultanas (500g)
• 1 ½ cups raisins (250g), chopped
• 1 ½ cups currants (210g)
• 1 cup pitted dates (150g), chopped
• 2/3 cup red glace cherries (125g), halved
• 2 tablespoons apricot jam
• 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2/3 cup brandy
• 250g unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
• 1 ¾ cups plain flour
• 1/3 cup self-raising flour
• 2 teaspoons mixed spice
• Extra halved red glace cherries, pecan halves and Christmas ribbon, to decorate