Photo: David Holifield
Christmas cake with pecan marzipan and brandy butter icing
31 ingredients
30 min
Makes 1 x 25cm/10in round cake
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Try something different for your Christmas cake with this rich fruit cake recipe topped with homemade pecan marzipan.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1057
Calories
24g
Protein
24g
Fat
189g
Carbs
Counts 13 of 16 ingredients — the other 3 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 |
| Cherry | 1 cup (138g) | 87 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Honey | 1 tbsp (21g) | 64 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Apricot | 1 medium (35g) | 17 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Syrup | not in our table | 0 |
| Prune | 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
- 80g/2¾oz golden syrup
- 80g/2¾oz black treacle
- 50g/1¾oz honey
- 250g/9oz dark brown sugar
- 200ml/7fl oz double cream
- 15g/½oz (about 2 tbsp) mixed spice
- 250g/9oz unsalted butter
- 1 tsp orange
- 1 tsp lemon
- 6 medium free-range eggs
- 350g/12oz currants
- 350g/12oz raisins
- 350g/12oz chopped pitted prunes
- 350g/12oz glacé cherries
- 500g/1lb 2oz strong white flour
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- , brandywhiskyorange juice
- 2 tbsp apricot jam
- 200g/7oz finely ground pecanswalnutspecans
- 100g/3½oz icing sugar
- 125g4½oz soft brown sugar
- 3 free-range egg yolks
- 2 tsp liquid glucose
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp glycerine
- 1-2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 300g/10½oz icing sugar
- 50g/1¾oz butter
- 25ml/1fl oz double cream
- 25ml/1fl oz brandy
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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