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Dundee Cake

This rich fruit cake combines almonds, cherries, and orange with butter batter before baking until firm and golden.

$4.55per serving $$$
80 minstart to table
4servings

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Ingredients

  • 100 g almonds
  • 180 g butter
  • 180 g muscovado sugar
  • 1 orange
  • 3 tbsp apricot jam
  • 225 g plain flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 3 large eggs
  • 100 g ground almonds
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 500 g dried fruit
  • 100 g glace cherry
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 2 tsp caster sugar

Steps

  1. Heat the oven to 325 F and grease an 8-inch round cake pan.
  2. Toast the almonds in a dry skillet over medium heat for 4 minutes, then cool them.
  3. Beat the butter, muscovado sugar, orange zest, and orange juice in a bowl until smooth.
  4. Beat in the eggs, then fold in the flour, baking powder, ground almonds, milk, dried fruit, and cherries.
  5. Spread the batter in the pan, top with the toasted almonds, and bake for 45 minutes until firm and the eggs are set.
  6. Brush the warm cake with apricot jam and sprinkle it with caster sugar before cooling for 5 minutes.

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