A well-known conventional Scottish fruitcake with cherries, sultanas and almonds, and a candy glaze

• Preparation and cooking time
  • Prep:35 minutes
  • Prepare dinner:1 hr and 45 minutes
• Straightforward
• Serves 16

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Substances

• 100g blanched almonds
• 180g unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 180g mild muscovado sugar
• zest 1 giant orange
• 3 tbsp apricot jam or marmalade
• 225g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 3 giant eggs, overwhelmed
• 100g floor almonds
• 2 tbsp milk
• 500g blended dried fruit
• 100g complete glacé cherry

Glaze

• 1 tbsp milk
• 2 tsp caster sugar

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Technique

• STEP 1

  Put the almonds right into a small bowl and pour over boiling water to simply cowl. Go away for five minutes then drain in a sieve and go away to dry.

• STEP 2

  Preheat the oven to 180C/160 C fan/Gasoline Mark 4. Line a deep loose-based 20cm cake tin with baking parchment.

• STEP 3

  Put the butter in a big bowl and beat properly till tender. Add the sugar and beat till mild and fluffy. Stir within the orange zest and apricot jam.

• STEP 4

  Sieve collectively the flour and baking powder. Add the eggs to the creamed butter and sugar, a bit at a time, beating properly between every addition. If the combination begins to curdle, stir in a bit flour.

• STEP 5

  Add the remaining flour and floor almonds and blend properly. Combine within the milk after which add the dried fruit and cherries and blend gently collectively.

• STEP 6

  Spoon the combination into the ready tin and unfold stage utilizing the again of a spoon. Prepare the entire almonds shut collectively in neat circles on the highest of the cake. Bake within the oven for 45 minutes.

• STEP 7

  Decrease the oven temperature to 160C/140 C fan/Gasoline Mark 3 and cook dinner for an extra 60–80 minutes. Test the cake after 50 minutes by inserting a picket or metallic skewer into the cake. When it’s executed it ought to have just some crumbs hooked up. Test each 10 minutes – it’s essential to not overcook this cake so the centre will probably be a bit tender.

• STEP 8

  When cooked, take away the cake briefly from the oven, put the milk and sugar right into a small pan and warmth gently till the sugar has dissolved. Brush excessive of the cake and return the cake to the oven for 2-3 minutes. Take away and permit the cake to chill within the tin. When fairly chilly take away from the tin and wrap in foil and hold for not less than 2 days earlier than chopping.