Christmas Cake

Name: Christmas Cake
Ingredients: 1/2 lb. flour; 1 small tsp. baking powder; 1/4 tsp. salt; 1/2 tsp. cinnamon; 1/2 lb. butter; 1/2 lb. brown sugar; 1/2 lb. raisins; 1/2 lb. currants; 6 oz. light raisins; 1/2 lb. mixed peel; 2 oz. ground almonds; 5 eggs; 1 Tbsp. brandy or rum

13 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

1/2 lb. flour
1 small tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 lb. butter
1/2 lb. brown sugar
1/2 lb. raisins
1/2 lb. currants
6 oz. light raisins
1/2 lb. mixed peel
2 oz. ground almonds
5 eggs
1 Tbsp. brandy or rum

Directions

1

Prepare raisins and peel.
2

Mix baking powder, salt and cinnamon with the flour and sift.
3

Beat butter and sugar to soft cream.
4

Beat eggs for 5 minutes.
5

Add them to the butter mixture by degrees, beating all the time.
6

When mixture is quite smooth, continue beating while you add the flour gradually, then the fruit and almonds.
7

Stir in the brandy or rum and turn into a cake pan that has been lined with two thicknesses of waxed paper.
8

Bake in slow oven 5 hours at 325°.
9

Cover with waxed paper as soon as it is brown.
10

This cake will keep for 6 months or more in airtight tin and should be made several weeks or a month before Christmas. Cut the top level for frosting.