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Ginger & orange Christmas cake

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From BBC Good Food
Ginger & orange Christmas cake
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Ingredients

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INGREDIENTS

  • 600g currants , sultanas and raisins
  • 100g glacé cherries
  • 50g mixed peel (chop a couple of whole ones if you can)
  • 50g glacé ginger or crystallised ginger , roughly chopped
  • 100g glacé or diced pineapple , roughly chopped
  • 60ml Cointreau or Grand Marnier
  • 60ml ginger wine
  • 2 tbsp Angostura bitters (the orange version is good)
  • 225g light muscovado sugar
  • 250g butter , softened
  • 225g plain flour
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • ¼ of a whole nutmeg , grated
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 100g whole blanched almonds
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 orange , zested
  • 2 tbsp apricot jam , mixed with 1 tbsp water and sieved
  • 500g marzipan
  • cornflour for rolling
  • 4 tbsp vodka
  • 500g ready-rolled fondant icing

DIRECTIONS

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NUTRITION

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