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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Grease and line a large square or round cake tin with baking paper, and grease the paper as well. Heat oven to 375 deg F or 190 deg Celsius. | 2. In a large pot mix the first 10 ingredients up to and including the boiling water. | 3. Stir well. Bring to boiling, and simmer without a lid for 5 minutes. | 4. Remove from heat and cool somewhat. | 5. Stir in the butter and baking soda, and stir well to mix. The mixture will fizz a little. | 6. When it has cooled down some more, scrape mixture into the bowl of your electric mixture. | 7. Using lowest speed, add the next 9 ingredients up to and including the brandy or whisky (or use bourbon). | 8. When everything has been incorporated well, remove the bowl from the mixer. Fold in the chopped figs, whole cherries and roughly chopped nuts. Use a wooden spoon. | 9. Spoon the batter into the prepared tin, and smooth the top. | 10. Bake 2 hours, BUT lower heat to 350 deg F /180 deg C after the first hour. | 11. At the same time lay a double thickness of foil over the cake to prevent scorching. | 12. Test with a skewer before removing! | 13. Turn out gently on a wire rack and sprinkle over the last ingredient: the extra half cup of booze. | 14. When cool, place on waxed paper in an airtight cake tin. Before using at Christmas, sprinkle over brandy, whisky or bourbon another 2 - 3 times. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
brown sugar	1	cup		836.0	215.798	0.264	0.0
raisin	1	cup	seedless	498.3	131.208	5.5935	0.759
golden raisin	1	cup		498.3	131.208	5.5935	0.759
currant	1	cup		70.56	17.2256	1.568	0.4592
fruit	1	cup	mixed	25.08	5.9532	1.0824	0.1716
date	2	ounces	pitted chopped	159.8911	42.5412	1.3891	0.2211
lemon juice	1	tablespoon		3.355	1.0523	0.0534	0.0366
lemon	1		grated	1.2808	0.4116	0.0486	0.0132
orange	1		grated	1.7625	0.4406	0.0352	0.0045
water	1 1/3	1/3	boiling	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	1/2			42.75	1.9642	1.3358	3.6
baking soda	2	teaspoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
vanilla	2	teaspoons		24.191999999999997	1.0626	0.005	0.005
cinnamon	2	teaspoons	ground	-	-	-	-
allspice	2	teaspoons	ground	9.994	2.7406	0.2314	0.3302
nutmeg	2	teaspoons	ground	23.1	2.1688	0.257	1.5976
baking powder	1	teaspoon		2.438	1.2742	0.0	0.0
self rising flour	3	cups		-	-	-	-
salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
cooking oil	5	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
brandy	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
fig	2		preserved drained chopped	-	-	-	-
maraschino cherry	1	cup		-	-	-	-
pecan	5	ounces	chopped	585.4169999999999	109.7125	12.0485	12.332
brandy	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-

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