Easiest Way to Make Yummy Christmas Cake

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Ingredients of Christmas Cake

1. You need 8 oz of butter.
2. You need 8 oz of dark soft brown sugar.
3. You need 4 of eggs.
4. It's 8 oz of plain flour, sifted.
5. It's 1 teaspoon of allspice.
6. You need 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
7. You need 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg.
8. You need 2 tablespoons of black treacle.
9. You need 1 tablespoon of lemon or orange juice.
10. You need 8 oz of seedless raisins.
11. It's 12 oz of currants.
12. It's 8 oz of sultanas.
13. It's 4 oz of cut mixed peel.
14. It's 3 oz of glace cherries, quartered, washed and dried.
15. You need of grated rind of 1 lemon.
16. It's of grated rind of 1 small orange.
17. Prepare 6-8 tablespoons of brandy (divided).

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Christmas Cake instructions

1. In a large bowl, combine the raisins, currants, sultanas, mixed peel, glace cherries and grated lemon and orange rind. Add 3-4 tablespoons brandy, stir well and leave to soak..
2. Preheat the oven to 300 F..
3. Grease and line an 8 inch round or 7 inch square deep cake tin with greased greaseproof paper..
4. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until very light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, folding in a tablespoon of flour after each addition..
5. Sift the remaining flour with spices and fold into the creamed mixture, using a large metal spoon. Then stir in the treacle and fruit juice..
6. Add the brandy-soaked fruit mix to the cake mixture and stir until evenly blended, then turn into the prepared tin. Smooth the surface, make a small hollow in the center and tie a treble thickness of brown paper around the outside of the tin..
7. Bake in the preheated cool oven for about 3.25-3.50 hours or until a warmed fine skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean..
8. Leave the cake in the tin overnight to cool completely. Prick the surface all over with a fine skewer, then pour over the remaining 3-4 tablespoons brandy and allow to soak in. Remove the cake from the tin, wrap securely in foil and store in a cool dry place..

Christmas cakes of this style were originally released by Fujiya, and was popularized when they began sales at Ginza, the central. Christmas cake ideally should be made at least two months before Christmas; this allows time for the cake to be fed at regular intervals with brandy, which, in turn, helps to mature the cake. However, if you are making it later, you can be assured the cake will still taste as good, though it may not store as long as a mature one. White Christmas Cake "Wow!" is the reaction from family and guests when they see and taste this lovely three-layer beauty. White chocolate, coconut and pecans make it so delicious.