Photo: David Holifield
Rachel Allen's Christmas cake recipe
29 ingredients
30 min + 3 hr 30 min
20 people
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Christmas cake is a classic for a reason: the strong fruit flavours go so well with the almond paste and sweet white icing.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
895
Calories
22g
Protein
19g
Fat
158g
Carbs
Counts 10 of 12 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Date | 1 date (24g) medjool | 66 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Almond | 1 almond (1.2g) | 7 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Brandy | not in our table | 0 |
| Whiskey | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 225 sultanas
- g raisins
- 225 chopped mixed peel
- g stoned dates, chopped
- 125 currants
- g crystallised ginger, finely chopped
- 125 brandy or Irish whiskey
- g butter, softened
- 50 soft light brown sugar
- g eggs
- 50 finely grated orange zest
- g ground almonds
- 125 plain flour
- ml mixed spice
- 275 ground almonds
- g caster sugar
- 275 egg
- g brandy or Irish whiskey
- 5 drops of almond extract or essence
- 1 icing sugar, for dusting
- tsp small egg white, lightly beaten
- 75 egg yolks
- g egg whites
- 275 icing sugar, sifted
- g 1/3 glycerine
- 1 1/2 egg whites, whisked
- tsp liquid glucose
- 450 vanilla extract
- g icing sugar, sifted, plus extra for dusting
Directions
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