Christmas Cake

Ingredients

Butter 500 gm

Castor Sugar 250 gm

Demerara Sugar 250 gm

Milk 600 ml

Flour 250 gm

Bread Crumb 150 gm

Cinnamon Powder 10 gm

Ginger 10 gm

Marinated Fruits 1.5 kg

Choose fruits from: Sultanas, Raisins, Cashewnuts, Almonds, Blackcurrants, Lemon Peel, Orange Peel, Prunes, Stem Ginger soaked in Liqueur

Preparation

Take cream, butter and sugar. Add milk at regular intervals to the mixture. Mix flour,bread crumb,cinnamon powder and ginger powder. Then fold in the above batter. Finally, fold in the marinated fruits. Pour the mix into already lined rings and bake at 1800C for 25 minutes. Make cake wedges and seve with brandy sauce.

(Courtesy: Chef Vivek Chauhan, The Imperial, New Delhi)