Any-occasion cake
Here's a cake for any social occasion that everyone will love
Difficulty and servings
Cuts into 12 slices
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 25 mins
Cook 2 hrs 30 mins - 3 hrs
Plus overnight soaking
- Tip the fruits and zests into a bowl, pour over the sherry and leave to marinate overnight. Grease and line the bottom and sides of a deep 20cm cake tin with a double layer of baking parchment. Heat oven to 140C/fan 120C/gas 1.
- Mix all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl, together with the butter and eggs. If the mixture starts to curdle you can add a little more plain flour. Stir in the fruit, discarding any sherry that has not been absorbed, then spoon the mixture into the tin. Smooth the surface and make a small dent in the middle.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 2½ hrs until the cake is dark golden brown in colour; an inserted skewer should come out clean. If the top of the cake browns too quickly, cover it with a layer of baking parchment. Leave it in the tin for about 10 mins before turning it out onto a wire rack, then leave it to cool. Serve plain or with the icing or decoration of your choice.
Per serving
414 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 63g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 2g, sugar 53g, salt 0.41 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2006.
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Ingredients
- 450g dried mixed fruit
- 100g raisins
- 100g glacé cherries
- grated zest 1 lemon
- grated zest 1 orange
- 150ml medium sherry
- 175g soft brown sugar
- 100g plain flour
- 50g self-raising flour
- 50g ground almonds
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 175g butter , softened
- 3 eggs
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Difficulty and servings
Cuts into 12 slices
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 25 mins
Cook 2 hrs 30 mins - 3 hrs
Plus overnight soakingGloriously fruity
Ingredients
- 450g dried mixed fruit
- 100g raisins
- 100g glacé cherries
- grated zest 1 lemon
- grated zest 1 orange
- 150ml medium sherry
- 175g soft brown sugar
- 100g plain flour
- 50g self-raising flour
- 50g ground almonds
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 175g butter , softened
- 3 eggs
Per serving
414 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 63g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 2g, sugar 53g, salt 0.41 g
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