Photo: David Holifield
Fig, port and star anise christmas cake recipe
21 ingredients
30 min + 2 hr 30 min
25 people
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All the flavours of Christmas combine in this deliciously moreish cake; make it up to a few months ahead for the best flavour.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
930
Calories
23g
Protein
24g
Fat
160g
Carbs
Counts 13 of 18 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 13 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 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Dried Fig | 1 medium (50g) | 37 |
| Pecan Nut | 1 half (4g) | 20 |
| Pecan | 1 half (4g) | 20 |
| Apricot | 1 medium (35g) | 17 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Nutmeg | 1 tsp ground (2.2g) | 12 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Cake | not in our table | 0 |
| Star Anise | not in our table | 0 |
| Prune | not in our table | 0 |
| Hazelnut | not in our table | 0 |
| Brandy | 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
- 140 port, plus 2–3 tbsp to feed the cake
- ml star anise
- 3 dried figs, roughly chopped
- 500 dates, roughly chopped
- g prunes, roughly chopped
- 300 treacle
- g organic orange and 1 unwaxed lemon, finely grated zest
- 300 mixed spice
- g freshly grated nutmeg
- 3 unsalted butter, really soft, plus more for the tin
- tbsp pecan nuts
- 1 hazelnuts
- 1 dark muscovado sugar
- tbsp eggs, lightly beaten
- 0.5 self-raising flour, sifted
- tsp salt
- 250 apricot jam
- g brandy
- 200 dried figs, 22 dates, 20 prunes, 22 pecans and 5 star anise
- g egg white
- 100 pot of gold edible glitter
Directions
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By lovefood ·
Recipe sourced from
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