Nancy's Rudolph Christmas cake

Nancy Birtwhistle's last-minute Christmas cake is packed with fruit and festive spices, then iced and decorated with three edible reindeer

Remove a small piece from the reserved icing to make Rudolph’s red nose. Colour with red food colouring, then use the icing glue to attach to one of the reindeer heads. Colour the remaining...

  • Yield: Serves 12 - 15
  • Cooking time: 2 Hour
  • Rating: 5/5
  • Publisher: Bbcgoodfood.com

Ingredients

  • 2 x 500g packs mixed dried fruit and peel
  • 100g glacé cherries, washed, dried and cut into quarters
  • 4 tbsp Cointreau, brandy or Madeira (or the juice from the orange, below), plus a little extra for soaking, if you like
  • 250g pack salted butter
  • 250g soft dark brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp golden syrup
  • 5 large eggs Egg eggThe ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition, packed with protein and a… , lightly beaten
  • 250g plain flour
  • ½ whole nutmeg, finely grated
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • zest 1 orange Orange or-ange One of the best-known citrus fruits, oranges aren't necessarily orange - some varieties are…
  • zest 1 lemon Lemon le-monOval in shape, with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile fruits…
  • 85g smooth apricot jam, melted
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar, sifted, plus extra for dusting
  • 750g marzipan Marzipan mah-zuh-panOne of mankind’s oldest sources of sweet pleasure, marzipan needs to contain only ground…
  • 1.2kg ready-to-roll white icing
  • brown, red and black food colouring
  • 3 pretzels, halved
  • gold string
  • sparkling red ribbon, to tie around the base
  • a pin

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