Photo: David Holifield
Festive fruit & nut cake
15 ingredients
Cuts into 12-16 slices
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This fabulously moist and nutty Christmas cake is baked with a syrup and nut topping - a bit like a Florentine biscuit
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
880
Calories
22g
Protein
19g
Fat
149g
Carbs
Counts 10 of 15 ingredients — the other 5 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 |
| Cherry | 1 cup (138g) | 87 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Grape | 1/2 cup (76g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Rum | 1/2 oz (15ml) | 32 |
| Almond | 1 almond (1.2g) | 7 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Fruit | not in our table | 0 |
| Marzipan | not in our table | 0 |
| Hazelnut | not in our table | 0 |
| Brazil Nut | not in our table | 0 |
| Syrup | 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
- 250g butter , at room temperature
- 140g light muscovado sugar
- 6 large eggs , beaten
- 280g plain flour
- 85g ground almonds
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 700g luxury mixed fruits (including raisins, currants, sultanas, mixed peel and glace cherries)
- 3 tbsp dark rum
- 140g white marzipan , diced
- 50g each whole skinned hazelnuts and blanched almonds
- 85g each Brazil nuts and flaked almonds
- 140g whole glacé cherries
- 100g golden syrup
- 1 metre of wide ribbon
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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