Regular readers will know that we love an afternoon fruit cake Chez H is for Home; so the turn of Dundee cake was always going to come around.

There are lots out there to choose from, but Delia is often the one I turn to for ‘guaranteed success’ cake recipes. This one was adapted from one I found in her Delia’s Cakes cook book.

I don’t like orange or candied peel and am indifferent to glacé cherries (fussy, I know). Instead, I’ve used a dried fruit mixture of currants, raisins and sultanas.

It looked delicious when it came out of the oven and tasted delicious too – eaten ‘as is’ or with a thin spread of butter. As suspected, a cup of tea was the perfect accompaniment.

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Dundee cake

2018-07-04 06:37:18

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

1 hr 45 min

Total Time

1 hr 55 min

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

1 hr 45 min

Total Time

1 hr 55 min

Ingredients

1. 225g/8oz plain flour
2. 1 level tsp baking powder
3. 1 tsp ground mixed spice
4. 150g/5¼oz spreadable butter
5. 150g/5¼oz golden caster sugar
6. 3 large eggs
7. 450g/1lb mixed dried fruit (you could use currants, raisins, sultanas, glacé cherries, candied peel and even dried apricots)
8. 2 level tbsp ground almonds
9. grated zest of 1 lemon
10. 1 tbsp whisky (purists will insist it must be Scottish)
11. 60g/2oz whole, blanched almonds

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Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/ 325ºF/Gas mark 3
2. Grease an 18cm/7" round cake tin and line the bottom with parchment paper
3. Sift the flour, baking powder and mixed spice into the bowl of a stand mixer
4. Add the butter, caster sugar and eggs and combine
5. Add the whiskey and mix into the batter
6. Fold in the dried fruit, ground almonds and lemon zest
7. Spoon the mixture into the prepared cake tin, spreading it out evenly with the back of the spoon. Arrange the whole almonds in concentric circles over the top. Only press them down very lightly otherwise they'll sink during cooking
8. Put the cake into the centre of the oven and bake for 1¾ hours or until the centre is firm and springy to touch
9. Allow it to cool on a wire rack before removing it from the tin

Notes

1. Store in cool place, in an air-tight container - it should keep for a week or longer

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