Irish Christmas Cake

Name: Irish Christmas Cake
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 3 h 10 min
Yield: 16 people
Ingredients: 3 cups (15 oz/426 g) raisins; ⅓ cup (2 oz/58 g) candied peel; 1 medium orange; 1 medium lemon; 1 cup (8 fl oz/225 ml) O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey; 1 ½ cups (8 oz/225 g) glace cherries; 2 cups (10 oz/282 g) all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon mixed spice; ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 ¼ cups (10 oz/300 g) Butter; 1 ⅔ cups (13 oz/367 g) Muscovado sugar; 5 large eggs; ½ cup (2 ½ oz/71 g) chopped or sliced almonds

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Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
2 hrs 40 mins
Total Time
3 hrs 10 mins
Servings
16 people
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
Irish

Irish Christmas Cake

Jerry Elliott

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Join in my family tradition and make an Irish Christmas Cake this holiday season. It's my Aunty Rosaleen's recipe and I'm excited to share it with you!

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Ingredients

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3 cups (15 oz/426 g) raisins
⅓ cup (2 oz/58 g) candied peel
1 medium orange, zested
1 medium lemon, zested
1 cup (8 fl oz/225 ml) O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey (or apple juice/orange juice*)
1 ½ cups (8 oz/225 g) glace cherries
2 cups (10 oz/282 g) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon mixed spice
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 ¼ cups (10 oz/300 g) Butter, room temperature
1 ⅔ cups (13 oz/367 g) Muscovado sugar (or dark brown sugar)
5 large eggs, room temperature
½ cup (2 ½ oz/71 g) chopped or sliced almonds

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Notes

* You can use a 9-inch square pan and you need to monitor it at 2 hours.
*Or bake this amount of batter in two 9-inch by 5- inch loaf pans. The bake time will change: 140°c in a fan-assisted oven for one hour, then 130°c for another 1 hours 15 minutes or until finished.
However, without alcohol as a preservative, do not make it more than 1 month ahead of serving.
In a very warm climate with high humidity, refrigerate it.
* You can use a 9-inch square pan and you need to monitor it at 2 hours.
*Or bake this amount of batter in two 9-inch by 5- inch loaf pans. The bake time will change: 140°c in a fan-assisted oven for one hour, then 130°c for another 1 hours 15 minutes or until finished.
*However, without alcohol as a preservative, do not make it more than 1 month ahead of serving. In a very warm climate with high humidity, refrigerate it.