Ingredients

The following ingredients have 12 Servings
  • 175 g butter
  • 175 g light brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 175 g self raising flour
  • 350 g mixed dried fruit (e.g. raisins, currants, apricots etc)
  • 50 g chopped mixed nuts
  • 55 g mixed peel
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 0.5 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp orange juice
  • 2 tbsp apricot jam
  • 400 g marzipan

Instruction

  • Pre-heat your oven to gas mark 3 and weigh out all of your ingredients.
  • Cream together the butter and sugar, then add the eggs beating well.
  • Fold in the flour followed by the fruits, mixed peel, nuts and spices.
  • Once the ingredients are well combined, roll out your marzipan to roughly 2-3mm thin. Cut out a piece of marzipan the same size as the base of your cake tin.
  • Roll the marzipan back into a ball and repeat.
  • Place the remaining marzipan to one side to make into 11 equal sized balls later.
  • Then leave the extra for making your 11 balls.
  • Place a circle of greaseproof in the bottom of the cake tin and grease the sides.
  • Pour in half of the mixture then place one of the marzipan circles on top.
  • Spoon over the rest of the mix and level it with a spatula.
  • Bake in the oven for 1 hour and 45 mins or until golden.
  • When cooked leave in the cake tin to cool before turning it out onto your cake plate.
  • Brush the top of the cake with athe jam and lay the marzipan over the top.
  • Roll the 11 balls and using a little extra jam stick to the top of the cake.
  • Finally either using a blow torch or by placing the cake under a grill, toast the marzipan until it is golden brown.