'V' Scottish Dundee Cake
'V' Scottish Dundee Cake

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have 'v' scottish dundee cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make 'V' Scottish Dundee Cake:
  1. Take 180 grams golden raisins (sultanas)
  2. Make ready 125 grams finely chopped figs
  3. Take 180 grams currants
  4. Make ready 1 grated zest of one lemon
  5. Take 3 tbsp whiskey
  6. Make ready 8 candied cherries quartered
  7. Prepare 50 grams candied lemon peel, finely chopped
  8. Get 50 grams candied orange peel finely chopped
  9. Take 250 grams all purpose(plain)flour
  10. Take 1 tsp baking powder
  11. Take 180 grams butter
  12. Prepare cup/125g sugar
  13. Make ready 1 tbsp honey
  14. Make ready 3 large eggs
  15. Take 75 ml milk
  16. Take 1 Blanched almonds, for decorating
  17. Prepare 1 confectioners'(icing sugar) for dusting
  18. Get 1 marzipan (optional) for covering
Instructions to make 'V' Scottish Dundee Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 180c/350f gas mark 4 grease and line a 10 inch /26cm spring-release cake pan (tin)
  2. Mix the raisins (sultanas) figs and currants with the lemon zest, whiskey and candied fruits in a large bowl and leave to stand
  3. Meanwhile, sift the flour and baking powder together, cream the butter with the sugar and honey until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs and then beat in the flour, milk and soaked dried fruit. turn the batter into a prepared cake pan and smooth the top.Decorate the top of the cake with whole almonds
  4. Bake in oven for 30 mins, then reduce the oven temperature to 150c/300f gas mark 2 and bake for a further 90 mins. cover the top with baking parchment if it browns to quickly. cool in the pan for 15 mins then take out and leave to cool completely.
  5. Before serving, dust with confectioners (icing) sugar and cover the sides of the cake with marzipan if wished
  6. Serves about 12

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