Recipe: Easy Christmas Cake: How to make a last minute Christmas Cake

Ingredients

• 100g dried apricots
• 100g prunes
• 1kg mixed dried fruit
• 100g flaked almonds
• 150g walnuts
• 100g maraschino cherries
• 125ml brandy
• Finely grated zest and juice of two lemons
• Zest of one orange
• 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tbsp mixed spices
• 100g fresh root ginger
• 250g unsalted butter
• 250g dark muscovado sugar
• 6 medium eggs
• 300g plain flour