Christmas Cake
1/2 pound butter 1 cup brown sugar 1 1/2 cups flour
2/2 cup raisins
3/2 cup sultanas (Golden raisins)
4/2 cup currants 3 eggs 2 tablespoons orange marmalade 5 ounces candied fruit peel
5/2 lemon zest sherry
6/2 teaspoon mixed spice (cinnamon, nutmeg etc.) 1/4 teaspoon salt Beat butter and sugar together
until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time.Sift spice with flour and salt. Add some of the
flour mixture to the fruit. Fold the remaining flour into the butter mixture. Gently fold in the
fruit, lemon rind and marmalade. Then, add the sherry. Put mixture in a prepared tin (lined with
grease-proof paper). Bake at 325 or less for about 1 1/2 hours, and then reduce the temperature to
275 until done. Serving Ideas: Instead of sherry, try rum.Serve with custard. This is
traditionally served in Britain at Christmas.
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