Golden amaretti Christmas cake - Good Food Middle East
A mix of trend and tradition, this is one of the easiest Christmas cakes we've ever created, with a virtually all-in-one method that'll save you some stress
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Ingredients
- 1 large orange
- 175g dried apricot
- 700g mixed dried fruit
- 120ml sweet Marsala (or sweet cream sherry), plus extra for feeding the cake
- 250g unsalted butter, softened
- 250g bag crisp amaretti biscuits
- 150g light soft brown sugar
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 125g plain flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 50g toasted flaked almonds
- 1 tbsp apricot cake glaze
- 125g royal icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
- 750g natural marzipan
- gold cake spray
- handful whole blanched almonds
- 50g crisp amaretti biscuits
- sugar balls, snowflakes or Christmassy sprinkles
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