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Christmas Cake Ingredients: 1 cup of butter 3 cups of sugar (brown if it is possible) 3 cups of flour 1 cup of milk 2 table spoons of powdered chocolate 6 eggs ½ pound of raisins ½ of prums 1 table spoon of baking powder 3 slices of dried pineapples ½ pound of nut cashew ½ cup of Wine Port ½ cup of cherries (not fresh, use the ones canned in a juice)
- Cut the dried fruits into tiny pieces - Beat thourougly butter and sugar. - Add milk and cherrie's juice - Add prums (check if the prums are soft if not, moisten them with boiling water), pineapples, raisins, nuts and cherries - Add the powdered chocolate, flour, baking powder and Wine Port. - Whip the egg whites - Add yolks gently to whites - Sprinkle the raisins with a little flour and add them to the mixture.
Put the mixture in a greased and floured pan and bake it for about one hour. You can use Cognac instead of using Wine Port!
Updated on November, 2004 Created on December, 2001 |
