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Dundee Cake

Dundee Fruit Cake

Prep Time 30 min
Servings 12
Difficulty Medium
Calories 338 kcal

A rich, buttery fruit cake topped with concentric circles of whole blanched almonds — lighter than Christmas cake and wonderfully moist.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Grease and line a 20cm round cake tin. Preheat oven to 150°C (300°F).
  2. 2 Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time.
  3. 3 Fold in flour and baking powder. Stir in dried fruit, peel, cherries, zests, and whisky.
  4. 4 Spoon into the prepared tin. Smooth the top.
  5. 5 Arrange blanched almonds in neat concentric circles over the top.
  6. 6 Bake for 2-2.5 hours until a skewer comes out clean. Cool completely in the tin.

Did You Know?

The original Dundee Cake was created by Keiller's marmalade company in the 1800s, using surplus Seville orange peel from their marmalade production.