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Festive fruit & nut cake
Photo: David Holifield

Festive fruit & nut cake

15 ingredients Cuts into 12-16 slices openrecipes
Festive fruit & nut cake

This fabulously moist and nutty Christmas cake is baked with a syrup and nut topping - a bit like a Florentine biscuit

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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

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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