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Grandpa Pencil's
Christmas Recipe
Christmas Cake
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Ingredients
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- 125g Dried Apricot
- 125g Raisins
- 125g Mixed Dried Peel
- 125g Currants
- 125g stoned Prunes
- 125g stoned Dates
- 2 tablespoons Brandy with Orange Juice to make 1 cup
- 500g Mashed Pumpkin
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- 1/2 cup concentrated Apple Juice
- 3 cups Self Raising Flour
- 1 cup Plain Wholemeal Flour
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Mixed Spice
- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
- 6 Egg Whites
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla
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Glaze
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- 1 cup of Water
- 1 tablespoon Apple Juice Concentrate
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- 1 tablespoon Brandy
- 1 tablespoon Agar
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You will need
A sharp knife and cutting board, a mixing bowl, a sifter, a beater and a 21 cm X 8 cm square cake tin
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Directions
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- Chop the fruit
- Soak in the brandy and orange juice overnight
- Steam and mash the pumpkin
- add the pumpkin and apple juice to the fruit and mix well
- Sift the flour, cinnamon, mixed spice and nutmeg and mix.
- Fold dry mix into the fruit in three lots
- Beat egg whites until stiff
- Fold egg through the mixture and add vanilla
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- Fully line cake tin, spoon in mixture and smooth
- Bake in a preheated oven at 160c for 2 1/2 to 3 hours
glaze
- Place glaze ingredients in a saucepan, bring to the boil and simmer for 2 minutes
- Add 1 cup of dried fruit and nuts to the hot glaze
- Position the solids on the cake then brush over the rest of the glaze
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