Christmas Loaf Cake | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Christmas Loaf Cake | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

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I can’t tell you how long I’ve yearned for a Christmas loaf cake, nor why I’ve come up with one only now. But I won’t waste my time or yours by lamenting the lo

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Ingredients

  • 400 grams mixed dried fruit
  • 75 grams glace cherries (halved)
  • 125 millilitres brandy
  • 75 grams crystallised ginger (roughly chopped)
  • 1 clementine (zest and juice)
  • 125 grams soft unsalted butter
  • 125 grams soft dark brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 75 grams ground almonds
  • 100 grams plain flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • Good grating of nutmeg
  • 450 grams ready to roll marzipan
  • icing sugar for rolling
  • 1 - 2 tablespoons smooth apricot jam or shredless marmalade
  • 450 grams white ready to roll fondant icing

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