Christmas Cake
From the BBC Recipes website
Servings Prep Time
16 20minutes
Cook Time
120minutes
Servings Prep Time
16 20minutes
Cook Time
120minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 160oC.
  2. In a food processor beat the butter with the banana and lemon juice and rind and pour it into a bowl.
  3. Mix in the dried fruit and nuts or seeds.
  4. Beat in the eggs if you are using them.
  5. Sieve whichever of the flours you are using with the baking powder (if you are using it instead of the eggs) and the spices.
  6. Add some brandy if you like.
  7. Line a 20cm cake tin with greased greaseproof paper and spoon the mixture in, levelling off the top.
  8. Bake for about 2 hours or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. (Keep an eye on it as mine took much less time than this.)
  9. Remove from the tin and cool on a rack.
  10. Eat as it is or store in a sealed tin or box to be iced for Christmas.