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  European >> UK >> English

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  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. The night before you cook this place all the fruit fruit peel and nuts into a bowl and soak for 12 hours in the brandy and orange juice; Stir every time you go into the kitchen! | 2. pre-heat oven to 275ºF/140ºC. | 3. Grease and line with greaseproof paper an 8 inch/20cm round cake tin. | 4. Sift the flour salt and spices into a large mixing bowl. | 5. In a separate bowl cream the butter and sugar together until the mixtures fluffy. | 6. Beat the eggs and add them a little at a time. | 7. Fold in the flour and spices. | 8. Stir in the fruit that has been soaking along with any excess liquid. | 9. Mix in the treacle. | 10. Spoon into the cake tin and spread out evenly. | 11. Cover the cake with a double square of greaseproof paper with a small hole in the top. | 12. Bake the cake on the lower shelf for 4& 1/4- 3/4 hours. | 13. When the cake is cold wrap in double greaseproof paper and store in an airtight tin. | 14. Feed the cake every two days for the first 2 weeks with a spoonful of brandy and/or orange juice and/or glacè cherry syrup. | 15. First poke little holes in the cake with a knitting needle or a skewer. | 16. Come Christmas you will have a very very rich fruit cake. | 17. Use royal icing to ice it or almond paste and royal icing, I don't like almond paste! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
currant	450			31752.0	7751.52	705.6	206.64
sultana	175			44.5	0.0	9.9	0.25
raisin	175			87202.5	22961.4	978.8625	132.825
glace cherry	50	g	chopped	44.5	0.0	9.9	0.25
fruit	50	g	chopped candied	9.5	2.255	0.41	0.065
brandy	1/2	cup		44.5	0.0	9.9	0.25
flour	225			130113.0	28486.215	2115.225	504.81
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
nutmeg	1/2	teaspoon	ground	5.775	0.5422	0.0642	0.3994
spice	1/2	teaspoon	mixed	2.4985	0.6851	0.0579	0.0826
ginger	1/2	teaspoon	ground	0.8	0.1777	0.0182	0.0075
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	225			19237.5	883.9125	601.0875	1620.0
brown sugar	225		soft	71955.0	13501.8	2252.25	1123.2
egg	4			286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
almond	50		chopped	96356.0	0.0	0.0	10900.0
treacle	1	tablespoon		44.5	0.0	9.9	0.25
lemon				-	-	-	-
orange				-	-	-	-
orange				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.