Ingredients
All-purpose flour/maida – 2 cups
Baking powder – 1 tsp.
Salt – ¼ tsp.
Unsalted butter – 1 cup /227 grams
Light brown sugar / white sugar – ½ cup
Dark brown sugar – ½ cup
Eggs – 3
Brandy or rum – 3 tbsp. plus extra for brushing the cake
Juice and zest of orange – 50 grams each
Lemon zest – 50 grams
Ground almonds – ¾ cup
Chopped nuts – 1 cup
raisins, sultanas, currants – 340 grams
Method
Preheat the oven at 160 degrees C
Add the lemon and orange rind to rum/brandy and soak the dried fruits for at least 2 days.
Beat the sugars (light brown and brown) with a beater until they are light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add the orange juice, fold in the ground almonds, chopped nuts & the soaked fruits.
In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, salt & baking pdr & fold this into the cake batter.
Grease a pan with butter, and line the bottom and sides with butter paper.
Pour the cake batter into the prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour.
Reduce the oven temperature to 150 degrees C and continue to bake for another 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Insert a metal skewer into the centre of the cake. If it comes out moist, continue baking for a few more minutes.
Remove the cake from the oven and wait for it to cool.
With a skewer, poke holes on the top surface of the cake and brush it with a little brandy.
Let is soak well, before you cut & serve.
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