Beginners' christmas cake
This is the right recipe to start out your Christmas baking tradition. this will be wiped out advance to facilitate preparation at every opportunity.
INGREDIENTS
250 grams of sentimental butter
1 1/4 cups tightly packed sugar
4 eggs
2 tablespoons of marmalade
1.5 kilograms of mixed edible fruit
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup self-raising flour
2 teaspoons of mixed seasonings
1/2 cup soft sherry
1/4 cup of whole, boiled almonds
2 tablespoons of sweet sherry, extra
125 grams of whole boiled almonds, roughly chopped
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Position the oven rack; Preheat oven to hamper . Line the bottom and sides of a 19 cm square cake pan with parchment paper in three layers, placing the foil 5 cm above the edges of the pan.
Beat butter and sugar during a small bowl with an electrical mixer until combined; Stir the eggs, one at a time, until they're combined between the additions. The mixture will probably thicken at now , but it'll stay together later.
3. Scrape the dough into an outsized bowl; add jam and fruit, mix well with one hand.
4. Sift flour and seasonings over the mixture; add sherry, mix well.
5. Drop a spoonful of the mixture into the corner of the pan to carry the foil in place; spread the remaining batter into the pan.
6. Drop the cake pan from a height of about 15 cm on the bench to store the mixture within the pan and pop any large air bubbles; Smooth the surface of the cake batter with a humid metal spatula, decorate the highest with almonds.
7. Bake the cake within the slow oven for about 3 hours. Remove cake from oven; brush the highest with additional sherry. Cover the pan tightly with foil; chill the cake on a baking sheet.
