Rich Dundee Cake

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  • Average
  • 30 mins
  • 180 mins
  • Average budget

Ingredients

  • 8 oz flour
  • pinch of salt
  • 8 oz butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 8 oz sugar
  • 6 oz mixed peel
  • 12 oz currants
  • 12 oz sultanas
  • 2 oz finely chopped almonds
  • 18 blanched almon halves
  • 4 oz glace cherries
  • grated rind of 1/2 lemon

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Sift together the flour and salt. Cream the butter and sugar, then beat in 3 eggs, one at a time. Fold in flour, fruit, chopped peel, cherries, lemon rind, chopped almonds and the last egg.

Step 2

Spoon mixture into a greased and lined 8 inch round tin. Place almond halves in concentric circles on top of the cake. Bake in slow oven at 300 degrees F for about 3 1/2 hours, until cake is golden brown and firm to the touch.

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A traditional nineteenth-century Scottish fruit cake with a rich flavour, said to have been invented for Mary Queen of Scots because she didn't like cherries in her cakes.

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