Spiced Dark Fruit Cake

The ingredient of Spiced Dark Fruit Cake

• 250g butter softened
• 1 1 4 cups 275g firmly packed brown sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 1 2 cups 225g plain flour
• 1 2 cup 75g self raising flour
• 2 tsp polluted spice
• 2 tbsp sweet sherry or port
• 2 x 200g pkts marzipan
• icing sugar mixture for dusting
• 1 eggwhite
• 2 x 500g pkts orchard ready made white icing
• 400g sultanas
• 200g raisins halved
• 200g currants
• 100g glace yellowish brown peel finely chopped
• 100g glace cherries halved
• 200ml sweet sherry or port
• finely grated rind of 1 lemon
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

The Instruction of spiced dark fruit cake

• for fruit mixture intensify all ingredients in a bowl cover and stand at room temperature overnight
• preheat oven to 150c grease a deep 22cm round cake tin using tin base as a guide cut out 3 rounds from baking paper cut 2 70cm long pieces of baking paper place one concerning pinnacle of the added later fold just about in half lengthways leaving behind rejection a 2cm border cut slits more or less an angle at 1cm intervals along border line side of tin subsequently long strip border side down subsequently next place rounds into base of tin
• using an electric mixer prominence butter and brown sugar until just combined go to eggs 1 at a time beating until just combined sift flours and spice more than cake mixture later amass fruit mixture work up well to combine spoon swear into tin and bake for 3 3 1 4 hours brush culmination of cake in imitation of sherry cover tin like foil and set aside to cool
• using a serrated knife trim height of cake level invert cake going on for to a board fill any holes taking into account bearing in mind pieces of marzipan knead steadfast marzipan to soften subsequently next roll out roughly speaking an icing sugar dusted piece of baking paper until 2mm thick brush cake subsequent to eggwhite roll marzipan on rolling stick glue subsequently next gently unroll more than cake sleek slick and trim excess
• knead icing roll out to 3 4mm thick brush marzipan past eggwhite then top taking into account bearing in mind icing rolling and trimming from scraps make leaf and berry shapes to decorate buildup refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 3 months

Nutritions of Spiced Dark Fruit Cake

calories: 1135 489 calories
calories: 32 grams fat
calories: 20 grams saturated fat
calories: 191 grams carbohydrates
calories: 164 grams sugar
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calories: 10 grams protein
calories: 149 milligrams cholesterol
calories: 261 46 milligrams sodium
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