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"Cheap but Rich" Christmas Cake
A recipe from the 1940's for decadent Christmas Cake on a tighter budget.
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 30 mins
Total Time
2 hrs
Servings: 60 servings
Calories: 97 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Australian
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter (250 grams)
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 2 ½ cups plain flour (all-purpose flour)
- ¼ cup plain flour (extra for flouring fruit)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 4 eggs
- 680 grams mixed fruit
- 100 grams glace cherries, halved
- ¼ cup blanched almonds, chopped
- 1 cup browning
- ¼ cup rum, brandy or whisky (optional - not included in original recipe)
Browning
- ½ cup caster sugar
- boiling water
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to slow (155 degrees celsius, fan-forced).
- Prepare a round cake tin (approx 25cm in diameter) by greasing and double lining with baking paper.
- To make browning, heat the sugar over medium heat until it melts and turns a dark brown colour. Carefully add boiling water (take care as sugar mixture will be extremely hot) and mix together until you have one cup of liquid.
- Cream butter and sugar on med-high speed in a stand mixer.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
- Sift flour, baking powder and mixed spice. Fold into mixture gradually and alternately with the browning.
- Add extra flour to fruit, using your hands to mix and coat the fruit in flour.
- Add fruit, cherries and almonds to the mixture and stir to combine.
- Bake in a slow oven for an hour and a half or until a dark golden brown colour and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and, if desired, spoon the alcohol over the top of the cake.
- Cover with foil and wrap in a clean tea towel. Allow to cool completely before cutting.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
97kcal
(5%)
Carbohydrates
13g
(4%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
19mg
(6%)
Sodium
40mg
(2%)
Potassium
32mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
145IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
8mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 60servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 97
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 97kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 19mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 40mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 32mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 145IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 8mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.