Christmas Cake

Here we have a nice simple traditional Christmas cake recipe with a modern twist that can be made at the last minute, although this cake is always better after it has matured for a month. Preparation and baking time is around 9 hours plus you will need time to cool.
Ingredients200g (7 oz) ready to eat apricots 175g (6 oz) ready to eat figs 110g (4 oz) ready to eat mango 110g (4 oz) ready to eat pineapple 200g (7 oz) glacé cherries 75g (3 oz) sweetened dried blueberries 75g (3 oz) sweetened dried cranberries 90 ml (6 tbsp) orange juice or brandy 5 ml (1 tsp.) cinnamon 250g (9 oz) butter 250g (9 oz) molasses sugar 4 medium eggs 110g (4 oz) almonds, roughly chopped grated zest of 1 orange 75g (3 oz) ground almonds 225g(8 oz) plain flour 10 ml (2 tsp.) mixed spice
Chop the apricots, figs, mango, pineapple and cherries coarsely, place into a deep mixing bowl with the blueberries and cranberries, stir in the orange juice or brandy, cover and leave to soak for at least 6 hours. Beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy and lighter in colour. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the nuts and orange zest. Sift together the flour and spices, add half to the creamed mixture with half the fruit mix well. Add the remaining flour and fruit mix thoroughly. Place the mixture into a greased cake tin 20 x 9cm deep and smooth the top. Pre-heat the oven to 150C/300F/ Gas 2. Place on the middle shelf and bake for about 3 - 3˝ hours until the christmas cake is firm to the touch and dark golden and a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean. Allow your christmas cake to cool in the tin for 15 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack to cool completely. Wrap the christmas cake in foil and store in a dry, cool place until required.
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