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    This document provides a recipe for Twiggs Christmas Cake. It lists the ingredients which include various dried fruits like cherries, sultanas, currants, raisins and peel, as well as sugar, flour, butter, eggs and brandy. The method instructs to soak the mixed fruits in brandy for at least overnight up to 4 weeks, then mix the soaked fruits with flour before combining with creamed butter, eggs and sugar. The mixture is baked in a prepared tin at 140°C for about 4 hours.

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    This document provides a recipe for Twiggs Christmas Cake. It lists the ingredients which include various dried fruits like cherries, sultanas, currants, raisins and peel, as well as sugar, flour, butter, eggs and brandy. The method instructs to soak the mixed fruits in brandy for at least overnight up to 4 weeks, then mix the soaked fruits with flour before combining with creamed butter, eggs and sugar. The mixture is baked in a prepared tin at 140°C for about 4 hours.

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    Twiggs Christmas Cake

    Uploaded by

    Jacques J Pienaar
    This document provides a recipe for Twiggs Christmas Cake. It lists the ingredients which include various dried fruits like cherries, sultanas, currants, raisins and peel, as well as sugar, flour, butter, eggs and brandy. The method instructs to soak the mixed fruits in brandy for at least overnight up to 4 weeks, then mix the soaked fruits with flour before combining with creamed butter, eggs and sugar. The mixture is baked in a prepared tin at 140°C for about 4 hours.

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    Twiggs Christmas Cake

    Ingredients

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    Box (250g) red cherries


    Box (250g) green cherries
    pkts (250g) yellow sultanas
    pkt (250g) currants
    pkt (500g) seedless raisins
    box peel
    pkt (500g) castor sugar
    pkt (500g) selfraising flour
    (500)g butter (NOT Margarine)
    Large eggs
    glasses (500ml) brandy
    250 X 250 mm baking tin

    Method

    Mix all fruit together and pour brandy over to soak. Leave at least overnight or longer
    (2-4 weeks recommended in large 2 gal zip lock).
    Mix the fruit with the flour until all fruit in well covered. (This is the secret!)
    Mix butter & eggs & castor sugar in another bowl.
    Then mix all together.
    Line the baking tin with tinfoil and then with layers of cardboard (5mm), and then at
    least 2 layers of wax-less (Parchment) paper.
    Bake at 140 deg celsius (285F) for about 4 hours. Watch carefully.

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