Well, Christmas is still a while away, but do you know what is fast approaching? Stir-up Sunday!! November 26 we’ll be busy chopping and mixing. I’ve shared the Christmas pudding recipe before but a reader has pointed out that I didn’t share the Christmas cake one.
This is my Great Grandma’s recipe. People love it, it’s a nice mix of cake and fruit and nuts.
Christmas Cake
1 cup butter 1 1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup 2 1/4 cup flour
4 eggs, beaten 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup strawberry jam 1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp mace 1 cup currants
All the following need to be chopped fairly fine:
1 cup raisins 1/4 cup candied lemon peel
1/2 cup citron 1/4 cup candied orange peel
1/2 cup glace cherries 1/2 cup nuts (I usually use walnut)
* there was a time I could buy all the peel separately at Bulk Barn, but now they only seem to carry ‘mixed peel’ which ticks me off. So now I buy 1 cup mixed peel.
Cream the butter and sugar. Add in the corn syrup and eggs and give it a good mix. Stir in the jam. Mix the dry ingredients (sprinkle a little of the flour on the chopped fruit to keep them from clumping) and add to the wet. Stir in the chopped fruit/nuts. Pour into a greased & lined 9×9″ cake pan. Cover with brown paper after the first hour.
Bake 275F for 3 hours.
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