Photo: David Holifield
Orlando Murrin's Deluxe Christmas Cake
12 ingredients
Cuts into 12 slices
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An 'intergalactically special' Christmas cake enriched with the honey-vanilla-whisky flavours of bourbon - it'll improve with keeping so bake it early
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1093
Calories
25g
Protein
22g
Fat
208g
Carbs
Counts 13 of 14 ingredients — the other 1 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 |
| Pear | 1 medium (178g) | 101 |
| Cherry | 1 cup (138g) | 87 |
| Pineapple | 1 cup chunks (165g) | 82 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Orange | 1 medium (131g) | 62 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Fig | 1 medium (50g) | 37 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Fruit | 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
- 4 tbsp bourbon
- 200g sultanas
- 100g glacé cherries , halved
- 100g/4oz semi-dried pineapple , roughly chopped
- 2 pieces of stem ginger , finely chopped
- 500g crystallised fruits (including colourful ones such as orange slices, pears, figs, pineapple) roughly chopped, plus extra whole fruits to decorate
- 100g walnuts , roughly chopped
- grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 200g butter , at room temperature
- 200g golden caster sugar
- 4 large eggs , beaten
- 200g plain flour mixed with ½ tsp salt
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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