Rich Christmas Cake

Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 210 mins
Servings: 12
Rich Christmas Cake

This Rich Christmas Cake has the usual fruit and spice but also has the surprising addition of bananas that makes this Rich Christmas Cake a little different from the rest.

Ingredients

  • 1.5kg mixed dried fruit
  • 250g red and green glacé cherries
  • 100g mixed peel
  • 1 tbsp orange rind, grated
  • 1 tbsp lemon rind, grated
  • ½ cup brandy or dark rum
  • 500g butter
  • 1½ cups CSR Dark Brown Sugar
  • 8 eggs
  • 2 bananas, mashed
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 4 cups White Wings Plain Flour, sifted
  • 1 cup White Wings Self Raising Flour, sifted
  • CSR Soft Icing Mixture, to dust

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 150°C. Line a deep 25cm cake tin with two layers of brown paper and one layer of grease proof paper.
  2. Place the mixed fruit, cherries, mixed peel, orange rind, lemon rind and brandy or rum in a large bowl and mix well. Cover and leave overnight.
  3. Cream butter and CSR Dark Brown Sugar until it is light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, and then add the bananas and vanilla essence. Stir in the fruit mixture, mix well and add the flour. Mix until well combined.
  4. Pour in prepared cake tin and bake for approximately 3.5 hrs, or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
  5. Dust with CSR Soft Icing Mixture.
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