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Saturday, June 02, 2007

LAST-MINUTE CHRISTMAS CAKE

from the kitchen of a friend


- 1 1/2 cups of mixed fruit (raisins, sultanas, candied peel, cherries, chopped prunes, whatever you have)
- 1/2 cup of roughly chopped nuts (I use almonds and/or walnuts)
- 1 small carrot, grated (can be omitted but helps to make it moist)
- 1/3 cup of rum, brandy or other boozy beverage, or orange juice if you prefer
- 1 3/4 cups of flour
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 small can of pineapple, drained and roughly chopped

Mix the mixed fruit, nuts and carrot and boozy beverage (or juice) in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high, covered with plastic wrap, for 2 mins.(Or cover and leave overnight at room temperature.)

Preheat oven to 350F (170C) deg, and grease your tin (loaf pan or round pan both work
OK). Mix flour, baking powder, cinnamon and sugar in a large bowl. Mix eggs
with oil and pineapple in another bowl, and pour into the centre of the flour
mixture. Add fruit mixture, and combine everything until moist. (Batter will
be lumpy) Pour into tin and bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, till a knife inserted
in the centre comes out clean. Cool for 10 mins in tin and then turn out the
cake and cool completely on a wire rack. Wrap well and refrigerate.

Decorate as you wish - I just drizzle over some icing and add candles for Xmas, but
marzipan (yum) or even just whipped cream would be fine!

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