English Christmas cake
- Oven
- 180 °C180 °C (350 °F)
Ingredients
- 375 g butter, softened13 oz butter, softened
- 375 g sugar13 oz sugar
- 375 g plain flour13 oz plain flour
- 7 eggs, large
- 1 packet candied orange peel
- 100 g raisins3½ oz raisins
- 150 g currants5½ oz currants
- 100 g candied citron peel (súkkat)3½ oz candied citron peel (súkkat)
- about 15 glacé (cocktail) cherries
- 1 cup dates, chopped
- 150 g chocolate, chopped5½ oz chocolate, chopped
- 3 dl almonds, chopped (The author put a question mark in the margin by the almonds.)1¼ cups almonds, chopped (The author put a question mark in the margin by the almonds.)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 dl sherry1¼ cups sherry
Method
- Soak all the fruit (orange peel, raisins, currants, citron peel, cherries and dates) in the sherry overnight at least.
- Heat the oven to 180°C. Grease 2 loaf tins and line them with baking paper.Heat the oven to 350 °F. Grease 2 loaf tins and line them with baking paper.
- Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time. Mix in the flour and baking powder, then the fruit, chocolate and almonds.
- Divide the batter between the two tins.
- Bake at 180°C for 110 minutes, or longer if needed (the author put a question mark after the time).Bake at 350 °F for 110 minutes, or longer if needed (the author put a question mark after the time).
Notes
- Don't add too much liquid with the fruit.
- A little over 1½ batches fills the brown tins, plus the one small tin without almonds (nuts).
As she wrote it
Ensk jólakaka.
375gr. smjör - 375gr. sykur - 375gr. hveiti
7 stór egg - 1 pk. appelsínubörkur
100gr. Rúsínur - 150gr. kúrenur
100gr. súkkat - ca. 15 koktailber
1 b. Döðlur - 150gr. súkkul.
? 3 dl. möndlur - 1 tsk. lyftiduft
3 dl. sherry. Rúml. 1 1/2 í brúnu formin Rúm
+ 1 litla formið án möndl(hnet)
Sett í 2 aflöng mót. Allir ávextir
lagðir í sherrybl. yfir nótt minnst.
180°c. 110 min + ? Ekki vökva of mikið af ávexti