Traditional English Fruit Cake

Name: Traditional English Fruit Cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 150 ml /5fl oz orange juice or 4 tbsp each brandy and port; 275 grams /10oz each currants and sultanas; 350 grams /12 oz rasins; 225 grams /8oz plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp ground ginger; 2 tsp mixed spice; 225 grams /8oz butter; 150 grams /5oz brown sugar; 4 eggs; 150 grams /5oz mixed peel; 100 grams /4 oz glace cherries,chopped; 100 grams /4oz pecans or walnuts,chopped; 100 grams /4oz apricot jam; 3 tbsp water; 1 extra pecans or walnuts and glace fruits for decoration

champ.1 @cook_3175998

Traditional English Fruit Cake

champ.1 @cook_3175998

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Ingredients

150 ml/5fl oz orange juice or 4 tbsp each brandy and port
275 grams/10oz each currants and sultanas
350 grams/12 oz rasins
225 grams/8oz plain flour
1 tspbaking powder
1/2 tspsalt
2 tspground cinnamon
1 tspground ginger
2 tspmixed spice
225 grams/8oz butter
150 grams/5oz brown sugar
4eggs
150 grams/5oz mixed peel
100 grams/4 oz glace cherries,chopped
100 grams/4oz pecans or walnuts,chopped
100 grams/4oz apricot jam
3 tbspwater
1extra pecans or walnuts and glace fruits for decoration

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Steps

1

pour the Orange juice over the dried fruit and soak overnight.
2

sift together the flour,baking powder,salt and spices.
3

cream the butter with the sugar.Beat in the eggs,one at a time,with 1 tbsp of the flour mixture.
4

stir in the remaining flour mixture and the dried fruit,peel,cherries and nuts.
5

Line the base of a 25cm/10inch round cake tin and grease the sides.pour in the cake mix.Bake in an oven preheated to 150c/300f/gas2 for 2-2 1/2 hours.If the top is getting too brown,cover with greaseproof paper.when cookef, a skewers inserted into the centre of the cake should come out clean.
6

cool in tin for 30mins. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool thoroughly. wrap in foil and store in cook dry place.
7

Warm the jam and water and press through a sieve.Brush the top of the cake with some glaze and decorate with the fruit and nuts.Brush with the remaining glaze.