Classic Fruit Cake | Bacofoil to Your Door

Classic Fruit Cake | Bacofoil to Your Door

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Ingredients

  • 350g/12oz currants
  • 225g/8oz sultanas
  • 225g/8oz raisins
  • 175g/6oz glacé cherries, rinsed, dried and quartered
  • 175g/6oz ready-to-eat dried apricots, snipped into pieces
  • 75g/3oz mixed candied peel, finely chopped
  • 4 tbsp brandy, plus extra brandy for ‘feeding’ the cake
  • 275g/10 oz plain flour
  • ½ tsp grated nutmeg
  • ¾ tsp ground mixed spice
  • 400g/14oz butter, softened
  • 400g/14oz dark muscovado sugar
  • 5 free-range eggs
  • 65g/2½oz whole almonds, chopped (skins left on)
  • 1 tbsp black treacle
  • 1 lemon, grated zest only
  • 1 orange, grated zest only
  • To finish
  • whole blanched almonds
  • glacé cherries, rinsed, dried and halved

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