Dundee cake
Dundee cake, from above
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Dundee cake

A rich fruit cake crowned with almonds and scented with orange. Scotland's tea time showpiece.

180 minTime
7 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Make it your way

Grandma's wayRich fruit cake with orange and almonds.
The original
400kcalsame
7 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
180minutessame

Classic Dundee cake.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

12 servings
Butter¾ cup
Brown sugar¾ cup + 2 tbsp
Egg4
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1¾ cups
Baking powder1 tsp
Almonds50 g ground, 50 g whole blanched
Raisinssultanas and currants
Candied peel (tutti frutti or candied orange peel)chopped
Orangezest and 2 tbsp juice
Fruit jam (jam or preserves)2 tbsp orange marmalade

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Cream the butter and sugar until light, then beat in the eggs a little at a time.
  2. 2Stir in the orange zest, juice and marmalade, then fold in the flour, baking powder and ground almonds.
  3. 3Fold in the dried fruit and peel.
  4. 4Spoon into a lined 20 cm tin, level, and arrange the whole almonds in circles on top.
  5. 5Bake at 150°C for 2 to 2 1/2 hours, covering with paper if it browns too fast.
Serve it like this

Serve thin slices on a plate with tea. It keeps well wrapped in a tin.

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