CHRISTMAS CAKES *muffin sized*
Prepare the fruit which you have chosen....this is mine:
3oz chopped dates
2oz sultanas
12 chopped glace cherries
Grated rind of half an Orange
1/4 pint of Captain Morgan's Rum (best ever)
Soak all the fruit and best to leave over night
and cover with cling-film pushed down onto fruit so no air can get in
put another layer of cling-film over top of pyrex jug or bowl
Stir three times within this time scale & stir with metal spoon so each tiny chunk of fruit soaks the flavour of the Rum
By morning the fruit should have soaked almost all of Rum
Split Almonds & Cherries to decorate
cut cherries in half and sort out the almonds into correct sizes.
Cake Mixture
6oz soft butter or marg
4oz Dark soft sugar
2oz Caster sugar
2 Eggs
6oz Plain flour
2oz Self-raising
1/4 teaspoon bicarb of soda
1 teaspn mixed spices, we like extra cinnamon
1 teaspn mixed spices, we like extra cinnamon
Method
Make sure the marg and sugars are mixed light & fluffy
Add one egg at a time and whisk briskly between each one
Add half of the sieved flours by folding with a metal spoon
Add the fruit and mix in carefully Adding remaining flour
The mixture at this point may be a little runny, if so, add more sifted plain flour until
the mixture just slightly drops from spoon.
Oven should have been put on Gas 3 / 170c / 325F whilst decorating with cherries and almonds
Put two paper muffin cases into each patty tin
And fill each with cake mixture
Turn Oven down to Gas 2 just before putting in
Put into Oven & cook for about 20 mins Check 5 mins before as everyone's oven works different !
Test to see if ready by placing clean finger gently in middle-if springs back-they are Ready !
Cool, then take out of patty tin to place on wire rack And when almost cold take 2nd paper case off- this is so the cakes didn't burn !
*** Enjoy ***
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| When cool put them into a Tin to store or *eat straight away - *we did ! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE ! |
