Whole Wheat Christmas Cake
Whole Wheat Christmas Cake recipe
Yield
24 servingsPrep
25 minCook
3 hrsReady
3 daysTrans-fat Free, High Fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | ounces |
whole-wheat flour
|
|
| 1 ½ | pounds |
mixed dried fruit
|
|
| 4 | ounces |
maraschino cherries
|
*
|
| 2 | ounces |
walnuts
chopped |
|
| 2 | ounces |
almonds
chopped |
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
| 1 | x |
nutmeg
|
*
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 8 | ounces |
butter
|
|
| 4 to 6 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 2 to 4 | tablespoons |
molasses
|
|
| 1 | each |
lemon
grated rind of |
|
| 1 | each |
oranges
grated rind of |
|
| 8 | ounces |
demerara sugar
|
* |
| ½ | bottle |
rum
or brandy or both |
*
|
| ¼ | pint |
stout beer
|
* |
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 289 | ml/g |
whole-wheat flour
|
|
| 680.4 | g |
mixed dried fruit
|
|
| 115.6 | ml/g |
maraschino cherries
|
*
|
| 57.8 | ml/g |
walnuts
chopped |
|
| 57.8 | ml/g |
almonds
chopped |
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 1 | x |
nutmeg
|
*
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 231.2 | ml/g |
butter
|
|
|
eggs
|
|
||
|
molasses
|
|
||
| 1 | each |
lemon
grated rind of |
|
| 1 | each |
oranges
grated rind of |
|
| 231.2 | ml/g |
demerara sugar
|
* |
| 0.5 | bottle |
rum
or brandy or both |
*
|
| 118 | ml |
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.
