Christmas Cake Recipe
This recipe makes 1 cake
Ingredients
5 handfulls of Self-raising flour
2 cups of Butermilk
2 handfuls of currants or raisins soaked in boiling water
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup of water & a dash of whiskey
1/2 cup of self-raising flour
1 handful of cherries
1/2 handful of chopped almonds
1/2 handful orange peel grated
Method
1
Preheat the oven to:
Gas Mark 6, 200°C (400°F)
2
Mix the flour & cinnamon in a bowl
3
Strain the fruit and add it to the flour & cinnamon
4
Add the cherries nuts and grated orange
5
Add the buttermilk and water
6
The mixture should resemble cooked stir about (porridge)
7
Little by little add about ¼ a mug of flour, this will dry out the mixture, gently fold and slap the flour into the mixture
8
Place mixture in a greased cake tin
9
Bake for 60 – 90 minutes 200°C (400°F)
10
The cake should sound hollow when tapped underneath
11
Cover with a damp tea towel or dish cloth, this will keep the cake nice and soft
