This Recipes Last Minute Christmas Cake is so dense & moist fruit cake , taste like it has be cooked months ago the flavour is so intense !!
The cranberries are the taste of Christmas & dash of cocoa unlined the cake of depth of flavour for all the big kids out there.
Yes the kids can have some Christmas cake this year there is no alcohol in this cake .
Topping of crunchy almonds then melted toffee & a sprinkle of cranberries .
It look & taste like Christmas .
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2 1/2 cup self-raising flour, sifted
1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
1/2 cup chopped dates or sultans
140g dried cranberries/ 10g cranberries topped cake
150g Almond Kernels
1/4 cup hazelnut meal
2 orange rind & juice
2 tblsp good cocoa powder
2 teaspoons mixed spice
1 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
400g crushed pineapple in syrup
or natural juice
1/2 cup drained pineapple juice
Topping :
1/2 cup water/ oranges juice, the rind orange
1/2 cup castor sugar
1 cinnamon stick
150g Almonds
Method :
- Preheat oven to 180*C or 160*C fan. Grease & line base of a 22cm springform pan with non-stick baking paper. Large sauce pan add dried fruit , nuts , rind/ juice , cinnamon , sugar , oil, juice pineapple & cocoa .
- Simmer 5 minutes. Then take off heat allow to cool.
Whisk together eggs add to wet ingredients . Add to dry ingredients with pineapple, mixing with a spatula until just combine. - Fill prepared pan,.Bake for 1 hr & 15- 20 mins , until a skewer inserted come out clan. Cool on a wire rack.
- To make Topping : Combine water & orange juice to make up 1/2 cup total & sugar & cinnamon stick in a small sauce pan. Stir on low heat for 1-2 mins , until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high. Boil, without stirring, for 5 to 8 mins, until from pale golden caramel. Sprinkle the almonds over the top of cake. Pour caramel over almonds, allowing caramel to drip down side of cake.
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