Christmas Cake | Reader's Digest Australia

Ingredients

• 1 cup (225 g) butter
• 1 1?2 cups (280 g) brown sugar
• 6 eggs
• 2 cups (250 g) plain flour, sifted
• 3 cups (375 g) sultanas
• 2 cups (300 g) currants
• 3 cups (375 g) seedless raisins, roughly chopped
• 2 cup (420 g) glacé cherries, cut in halves
• 3?4 cup (140 g) mixed candied peel, chopped
• 3?4 cup (80 g) ground almonds
• finely grated zest of 1 large orange
• finely grated zest of 1 large lemon
• 1?3 cup (80 ml) rum whisky or brandy, for sprinkling over the cake before icing