Granny’s Christmas Cake

Recipe given to me by granny

Christmas Cake

Drawing by Kaylah

Ingredients:

5oz of currants 5oz of brown sugar

5oz of sultanas 1 teaspoon of mixed spice

4oz of raisins 3 large eggs

2oz of almonds 1 glass of whiskey

5oz of margarine

Method

Step 1: Soak the fruit in the whiskey.

Step 2: Cream the margarine and sugar until smooth and creamy.

Step 3: Add one egg, then one tablespoon of flour and stir and repeat again.

Step 4: Add almonds and some mixed spice.

Step 5: Add all the fruit into the mixture and stir well.

Step 6: Preheat the oven to 150°c /gas 2.

Step 7: Spoon the mixture into a lined baking tin.

Step 8: Bake for an hour and a half.

Step 9: Leave in the tin to cool.

Step 10: Icing: Warm some apricot jam and spread over the cake, add a layer of marzipan and finish with a layer of icing.