#All #About #Food: #Simple #Christmas #Cake

#All #About #Food: #Simple #Christmas #cake

#Christmas #Cake #Recipes

Festive Loaf Cake

• 150g raisins
• 50g dried cranberries or dried sour cherries
• 50g dried apricots, chopped
• 100g dried figs, chopped
• 1 orange, zested and juiced
• Zest of one lemon
• 250ml brandy
• 115g butter, plus extra melted for the tin
• 115g muscovado sugar
• 4 large eggs, beaten
• 120g of self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 60g bread crumbs
• 150g dark chocolate chips
• 80g chopped pecans and hazelnuts
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Icing sugar, to serve

Tip the fruit into a bowl with the orange juice and zest and 150ml of the brandy. Stir well, then leave at room temperature for 2 hours for the fruit to plump up.

Heat your oven to 150˚C fan. Brush a 900g loaf tin with the melted butter and line with baking parchment. Beat the muscovado sugar and butter until light and fluffy, add the eggs one at a time. Mix in the fruit, chocolate and the rest of the ingredients except for the remaining brandy and icing sugar. Spoon the mixture into the loaf tin and bake for 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hr 30 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean . Remove from the oven and immediately pour over the remaining brandy. Leave to completely cool before storing, Before serving, dust liberally with icing sugar...Full Recipes
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