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Air fryer Christmas cake

Name: Air fryer Christmas cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Yield: plus overnight soaking and cooling
Ingredients: 200g raisins; 150g sultanas; 100g dried apricots roughly chopped; 100g glacé cherries halved; 75g mixed peel; 1 tbsp ground mixed spice; 4 tbsp brandy or rum, plus extra for feeding; 1 small orange zested and juiced; 2 tbsp golden syrup; 200g salted butter at room temperature, plus extra for the tin; 200g light brown soft sugar; 4 eggs; 200g self-raising flour; 65g ground almonds

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plus overnight soaking and cooling

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 2 hrs and 30 mins

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Use your air fryer to make this year's Christmas cake. Packed with dried fruit, feed it every fortnight with a drizzle of brandy or rum, until ready to serve

Freezable

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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200g raisins
150g sultanas
100g dried apricots

roughly chopped
100g glacé cherries

halved
75g mixed peel
1 tbsp ground mixed spice
4 tbsp brandy

or rum, plus extra for feeding
1 small orange

zested and juiced
2 tbsp golden syrup
200g salted butter

at room temperature, plus extra for the tin
200g light brown soft sugar
4 eggs
200g self-raising flour
65g ground almonds

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal357
fat14g
saturates7g
carbs49g
sugars34g
fibre2g
protein5g
salt0.5g

Method

step 1

Put the dried fruit, peel and ground mixed spice in a food container and pour over the brandy or rum, orange zest and juice and golden syrup. Mix well and set aside to soak overnight at room temperature.
step 2

Butter and line the base of a deep 20cm cake tin. Whisk the butter and sugar with electric beaters until creamy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the flour, ground almonds and, finally, the soaked fruit.
step 3

Heat the air fryer to 140C. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 2 hrs 30 mins, rotating the tin halfway through and covering with foil when happy with the colour. Check the cake is ready by inserting a skewer into the centre – it may have crumbs attached, but shouldn’t be sticky.
step 4

Allow the cake to cool completely in the tin. Pierce it all over with a skewer and drizzle with brandy or rum. Wrap tightly in baking parchment and foil, then leave in a cool, dark place, feeding every fortnight with a drizzle of brandy or rum, until ready to serve.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, Air fryer Christmas 2024

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