Christmas Cake

3 days Prep: 25 minutes Cook: 3 hours

887 calories per serving view nutrition facts

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Ingredients

10	ounces	whole wheat flour
1 1/2	pounds	mixed dried fruit
4	ounces	glace cherries
2	ounces	walnuts	chopped
2	ounces	almonds	chopped
2	teaspoons	baking powder
1	x	nutmeg
1/2	teaspoon	salt
8	ounces	butter
4 to 6	large	eggs
2 to 4	tablespoons	molasses
1	each	lemon	grated rind of
1	each	orange	grated rind of
8	ounces	demerara sugar
1/2	bottle	rum	or brandy or both
1/4	pint	stout beer

Directions

Mix the fruit and alcohol together and leave to soak for 3 days minimum.

Add cherries and nuts to mixture.

Mix flour, baking powder, spices and salt together.

Cream the butter, and sugar, when light and fluffy beat in molasses and then eggs one at a time.

Fold in half of the flour mixture followed by the fruit and alcohol mixture.

Then fold in the remainder of the flour.

Bake in lined tin wrapped in newspaper and secure tin with string.

Bake at Gas 3 for first two hours then reduce to Gas 2 for a further 90 minutes.

When cooked sprinkle cake with alcohol.

Keep wrapped in foil and every so often sprinkle with alcohol.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 386g

Amount per Serving

Calories 887 61% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 60.0g	93%
Saturated Fat 31.0g	155%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 332mg	111%
Sodium 701mg	29%
Total Carbohydrate 81.0g	27%
Dietary Fiber 11.0g	45%
Sugars 43.0g
Protein 18.0g	36%

Vitamin A	78%		Vitamin C	39%
Calcium	19%		Iron	29%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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The recipe is missing the liquid component. My 11-year-old niece made it. When she mixed it up we noticed it was the consistency of cookie dough so I quick mixed in some buttermilk until it looked like cake batter. It had to be at least a cup of buttermilk, maybe more. We baked it in a 9 x 13 pan and it wasn't terribly high but it was nice and moist and flavorful. In fact, the kids didn't want to wait for frosting, ate it plain and raved about it...and one of them is an extremely picky eater! One had the idea to top it with vanilla ice cream and I must say that was just the ticket.

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