Christmas Cake
Ingredients
- Butter – ½ cup
- Cooking oil – ½ cup
- Brown sugar – 1 cup
- Eggs – 3
- Rum – 3 Tbsp (can be substituted with pulpy orange juice)
- Nuts – ½ cup
- Mixed fruits – 250 g
- All-purpose flour – 2 cups
- Ground almond – 75 g (optional) All-purpose flour can be substituted
- Baking powder – 1 tsp
- All spice – 1 tsp
- Cinnamon powder – 1 tsp
- Ginger powder – 1 tsp
- Caramelized corn syrup – 3 Tbsp
- Salt – ½ tsp
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C for 5 minutes
- Butter or spray an 8” pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper. Also line the sides of the pan. Keep about 2 inches above the rim of the pan.
- Whisk together, flour, ground almond, salt, all spice, cinnamon, ginger powder and baking powder.
- Toss the mixed fruit with 3-4 Tbsp of flour mixture (to avoid sticking).
- Beat the butter and oil in an electric mixer. Add the sugar and beat again. Add eggs one at a time.
- Add the alcohol.
- Add the caramelized corn syrup.
- Fold in the nuts and dry fruits.
- Then add the flour and mix thoroughly. Don’t over mix.
- Bake for 80-90 minutes or when skewer inserted comes out clean.
