The Recipe

As-you-like-it Christmas cake

Name: As-you-like-it Christmas cake
Prep time: 50 min
Yield: Cuts into 10-12 slices
Ingredients: 1kg mixed dried fruits (any blend of raisins, sultanas, currants, mixed peel, dried cranberries, glacé cherries, chopped dried apricots, dates, dried figs or dried pineapple); 150ml sherry , brandy, rum or brewed tea, plus extra for feeding; zest and juice 2 oranges , 2 lemons or 4 clementines; 250g pack unsalted butter , softened, plus extra for the tin; 250g light, soft brown sugar; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 4 eggs; 200g plain flour; 2 tsp mixed spice; 100g whole or flaked almonds , chopped hazelnuts, walnuts or brazil nuts (optional)

COOK TIME : a few secondsPREP TIME : an hour

From BBC Good Food

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INGREDIENTS

1kg mixed dried fruits (any blend of raisins, sultanas, currants, mixed peel, dried cranberries, glacé cherries, chopped dried apricots, dates, dried figs or dried pineapple)
150ml sherry , brandy, rum or brewed tea, plus extra for feeding
zest and juice 2 oranges , 2 lemons or 4 clementines
250g pack unsalted butter , softened, plus extra for the tin
250g light, soft brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
4 eggs
200g plain flour
2 tsp mixed spice
100g whole or flaked almonds , chopped hazelnuts, walnuts or brazil nuts (optional)

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