Title: Christmas Food/Recipes Post by: ssweetpea on November 19, 2010, 08:08:12 am Basically this is so I don't loose a wanted recipe again.
Title: Re: Christmas Food/Recipes Post by: ssweetpea on November 19, 2010, 08:21:28 am Seagars at Oxford Christmas Cake - no eggs, from the archives at Oxford Museum (Nov 2009 Australian Women's Weekly) 1 cup orange juice 250g butter 1 tbsp cider vinegar 1 kg mixed fruit ½ cup (1 packet) red glace cherries ½ cup (1 packet) green glace cherries ½ cup (1 packet) mixed peel 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp mixed spice 1 tsp ground cloves 1 x 400g tin sweetend condensed milk 1 tsp baking soda 2 tsp vanilla essence ½ cup orange liqueur (or ciontreau, grand mariner or brandy) 2½ cups self raising flour 1 cup nuts, blanched almonds, peacans or walnuts 1. Preheat oven to 150 C. Line the base of a 23 cm square-form tin with non-stick baking spray. 2. Place the orange juice, butter, cider vinegar, mixed fruit, cherries and peel in a large saucepan and bring to the boil. Remove from heat and stir in the speces, condensed milk, soad and vanilla. Add half (¼ cup) of the liqueur and the self-raising flour. Mix well. Add nuts. 3. Transfer the mixture to the prepared tin and smooth the surface. Bake for 1 hour then turn the temperature down to 140 C and bake a further 1-1½ hours until firm in the centr and deep golden brown. 4. Remove from oven and pour over the remaining ¼ cup of liqueur. Cool in the tin them unclip the sides and remove cake. Wrap in paper and foil and store in a cool place. Can be frozen, can be eaten straight away. |