{"id":5582,"date":"2023-12-05T10:05:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunshinesugar.com.au\/?p=5582"},"modified":"2024-06-11T17:20:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T07:20:52","slug":"christmas-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us506.directrouter.com\/~afrvnbdm\/christmas-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1497.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">450g candied cherries<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">230g candied mixed citrus (peel)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">60g almonds (blanched slivered)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">2 cups raisins<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1 cup dried currants<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1 cup dates (pitted and chopped)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00bd cup brandy<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">2 \u00bd cups plain flour (divided)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1 teaspoon ground cloves<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1 teaspoon ground allspice<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1 teaspoon ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00bd teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00be cup molasses<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00be cup apple juice<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1 cup unsalted butter (softened)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">2 cups brown sugar (packed)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">6 large eggs<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Method<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Combine candied cherries, citrus peel, and almonds in a medium bowl. Add raisins, currants, and dates; pour in brandy and stir to combine. Cover and let sit for 2 hours or overnight.<\/li>\n<li>When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 140 degrees C. Grease a deep 20 cm fruitcake pan, line it with baking paper, and grease again.<\/li>\n<li>Coat the brandy-soaked fruit with 1\/2 cup flour.<\/li>\n<li>Whisk together the remaining 2 cups flour, cloves, allspice, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Stir molasses and apple juice together in a separate bowl until combined.<\/li>\n<li>Cream butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually blend in brown sugar and eggs.<\/li>\n<li>Add flour mixture in 4 batches, alternating with molasses mixture.<\/li>\n<li>Fold in floured fruit, then turn batter into the prepared pan.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 3 to 3 1\/2 hours until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.<\/li>\n<li>Remove cake from the pan and lift off the baking paper. Let cake cool completely, then wrap loosely in waxed paper.<\/li>\n<li>Store in an airtight container in a cool, dry place for up to 2 months, or in the refrigerator for longer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/us506.directrouter.com\/~afrvnbdm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Christmas-2023-recipe-cards.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas 2023 Christmas Cake Recipe Card<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[39,91,73,83,87,81,60,84,85,86,40],"class_list":["post-5582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-baking","tag-brown-sugar","tag-caster-sugar","tag-cookie","tag-icing-sugar","tag-lowgisugar","tag-molasses","tag-pastry","tag-pie","tag-raw-sugar","tag-sugar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Christmas Cake Recipe | Sunshine Sugar Australia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Get into the holiday spirit with Sunshine Sugar&#039;s Christmas Cake recipe. 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