Ingredients

Ingredients For the fruit cake

• 80g/2¾oz golden syrup

• 80g/2¾oz black treacle

• 50g/1¾oz honey

• 250g/9oz dark brown sugar

• 200ml/7fl oz double cream

• 15g/½oz (about 2 tbsp) mixed spice

• 250g/9oz unsalted butter

• 1 tsp orange extract

• 1 tsp lemon extract

• 6 medium free-range eggs

• 350g/12oz currants

• 350g/12oz raisins

• 350g/12oz chopped pitted prunes

• 350g/12oz glacé cherries or more dried fruit

• 500g/1lb 2oz strong white flour

• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

• brandy, whisky or orange juice, for feeding the cake

• 2 tbsp apricot jam, boiled and sieved

For the pecan marzipan

• 200g/7oz finely ground pecans, or half walnuts and half pecans

• 100g/3½oz icing sugar

• 125g4½oz soft brown sugar

• 3 free-range egg yolks

• 2 tsp liquid glucose

• 1 tbsp honey

• 1 tsp glycerine

• 1-2 tsp ground cinnamon

• 2 tsp vanilla extract

For the brandy butter frosting

• 300g/10½oz icing sugar

• 50g/1¾oz butter

• 25ml/1fl oz double cream

• 25ml/1fl oz brandy

Description

Try Something Different For Your Christmas Cake With This Rich Fruit Cake Recipe Topped With Homemade Pecan Marzipan.

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