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Irish Christmas Cake
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!
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
2 hrs 40 mins
Total Time
3 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 16 people
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Irish
Ingredients
- 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
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.