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Gingered Christmas Fruitcake With Rustic Decorations

Domestic Gothess
  • minutes
  • Serves

INGREDIENTS

80 g

dried figs, chopped

65 g

dried cranberries

65 g

dates, chopped

50 g

glace cherries, chopped

30 g

mixed candied peel

50 g

raisins

50 g

sultanas

50 g

currants

100 g

crystallised ginger, chopped

50 g

(1.75oz0 stem ginger, finely chopped

zest of 1 + juice 1/2 orange

zest of 1 lemon

1 tbsp

stem ginger syrup

4 tbsp

ginger wine/rum/brandy/cointreau/sherry (plus extra for feeding)

140 g

(1/3 + 1/4 cups) softened butter

140 g

+ 2tbsp) light brown soft sugar

1 1/2 tbsp

treacle

2

eggs

175 g

(1 + 1/2 cups) plain flour

40 g

ground almonds

1 1/2 tsp

ground ginger

1/2 tsp

ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp

ground nutmeg

1/4 tsp

ground cardamom

1/8 tsp

ground cloves

salt

3 tbsp

apricot jam or marmalade

500 g

marzipan

2

large egg whites

400 g

icing (powdered) sugar, sifted

1 1/2 tsp

lemon juice

1 tsp

glycerine (optional, but stops the icing from set rock solid)

1

small orange

1

couple of small pine cones

1

egg white

2 tsp

caster sugar

fresh cranberries

couple sprigs fresh rosemary

1

few bay leaves

granulated sugar

cinnamon

star anise

icing sugar