5.0 from 12 votes
Christmas Cake
An old-fashioned Christmas Cake Recipe from 1941 with fruit, chopped walnuts, spices and rum.
Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
2 hrs 45 mins
Total Time
3 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 64 slices
Calories: 140 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Australian
Ingredients
- 225 grams butter
- 1 cup brown sugar (200 grams)
- 4 eggs
- 3 cups plain flour (400 grams)
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- pinch salt
- 450 grams currants (3 cups)
- 450 grams sultanas (3 cups)
- 340 grams raisins (2 cups)
- 90 grams glace cherries, halved (⅔ cup)
- 90 grams walnuts, chopped (⅔ cup)
- 1 teaspoon bicarb soda
- ½ cup rum or brandy (plus a little extra to brush over the cake once it's out of the oven)
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- ½ cup Hot Milk
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to slow (150 degrees celsius or 140 degrees celsius, fan-forced)
- Line a round cake tin (approx 24cm in diameter) with 3 layers of baking paper.
- Cream butter and sugar until the mixture is pale and creamy. Beat on med-high if using a stand mixer.
- Add eggs and beat again (on med if using a stand mixer).
- Sift flour, salt and nutmeg.
- Add dry ingredients to mixture alternately with the fruit and nuts, stirring to combine.
- Mix hot milk with vinegar and rum. Add bicarb soda and dissolve. Add to the mixture and stir well to combine.
- Pour mixture into cake tin and use the back of a dessertspoon if necessary to spread the mixture evenly in the tin.
- Bake in a slow oven for 2 ½ hours or until golden in colour and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake can be removed without any cake sticking to it.
- Remove the cake from the oven and brush the top with a little extra rum or brandy. Place foil over the top of the cake and then wrap in a clean towel.
- Leave the cake to cool for at least 24 hours, preferably a few days.
- Remove the cake from the tin and wrap in foil and a clean tea towel. Store in a cool, dark place for up to 3 weeks. Store in the fridge for up to 2 months and in the freezer for a year. (Always use your own judgment though, these times are a guide only).
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Nutrition Information
Calories
140kcal
(7%)
Carbohydrates
24g
(8%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
18mg
(6%)
Sodium
51mg
(2%)
Potassium
183mg
(5%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
13g
(26%)
Vitamin A
111IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
21mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 64slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 140
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 140kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 24g | 8% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 18mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 51mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 183mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 13g | 26% |
| Vitamin A | 111IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 21mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.