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Brandy Fruitcake
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"Ingredients: 500g Raisins, 500g chopped Pitted Dates, 125g Sultanas, 125g Currants, 200g Glace Cherries, 1 Cup Brandy, 250g Butter Cut Into Small Pieces, 1 ½ Cups Dark Brown Sugar, 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Essence, 4 X 60g Eggs, 200g Dark Chocolate, 1 Cup Plumb Jam, 2 Cups Plain Flour, ½ Cup Self Raising Flour, 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
Instructions: Mix the dried fruit in a bowl and add the brandy then leave it marinate for 1-2 hours.
Line a 23 cm deep round cake tin (or 2 x 18cm tins) with a double layer of baking paper on sides and base. Wrap outside of tin with a double thickness of brown paper and tie with string or secure join with a paper clip. Heat oven to 160°C.
Beat butter sugar add vanilla until creamy, then beat in the eggs one by one, beating well. Add to the fruit and mix well. Melt chocolate in a small saucepan over simmering water, or in the microwave for about 60 seconds, and then stir in the plumb jam and pour over the fruit. Fold in the flour and cinnamon, and pour the cake mixture into the prepared tin. Smooth off the top and shake the pan to settle contents and remove air pockets.
Bake for 2 ½ - 3 hours (2-2 1/4 hours for smaller cakes) until a skewer test comes out clean. Remove from the oven, leave in the tin, wrap in tea towels and rest overnight befor serving.
Preparation Time: 30 minutes (plus marintation) - Cooking Time: 2-3 hours"
Submitted By: Mary Slater Brisbane
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