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Easy Christmas Cake Traybake

Name: Easy Christmas Cake Traybake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 105 min
Yield: 24, 24 slices
Cuisine: british
Ingredients: 1 kg mixed dried fruit ((ideally including mixed peel – see note)); Juice of 3 oranges; 100 ml sherry ((or brandy / whisky / gin / rum - or use apple juice if you want this to be alcohol free)); 250 ml boiling water; 300 g butter (softened (plus extra for greasing)); 300 g soft dark brown sugar ((or muscovado sugar)); 4 large eggs; 300 g self-raising flour (US - self-rising flour); 4 teaspoons mixed spice ((or pumpkin spice)); 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 400 g glacé cherries (halved); 1 kg marzipan; 500 g white fondant icing; Icing sugar (US - confectioner's sugar) ((for rolling out the marzipan and fondant icing)); Cold water ((for sticking the marzipan to the cake))

NUTRITION · PER SERVING105M COOK

CAL 30%·PRO 11%

CARBS 112G74% OF CAL

7G FIBER0G ADDED0G INTRINSIC24G OTHER81G TOTAL SUGAR

FAT 17G25% OF CAL

6G SAT11G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

A traditional Christmas fruit cake baked in a traybake form and decorated with marzipan and fondant icing. Easy to cut into slices and perfect for holiday entertaining.

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Ingredients

serves 24

1 kg mixed dried fruit ((ideally including mixed peel – see note))
Juice of 3 oranges
100 ml sherry ((or brandy / whisky / gin / rum - or use apple juice if you want this to be alcohol free))
250 ml boiling water
300 g butter (softened (plus extra for greasing))
300 g soft dark brown sugar ((or muscovado sugar))
4 large eggs
300 g self-raising flour (US - self-rising flour)
4 teaspoons mixed spice ((or pumpkin spice))
2 teaspoons cinnamon
400 g glacé cherries (halved)
1 kg marzipan
500 g white fondant icing
Icing sugar (US - confectioner's sugar) ((for rolling out the marzipan and fondant icing))
Cold water ((for sticking the marzipan to the cake))

At a glance

PER SERVING · TIME 105M

CAL 30%·PRO 11%

CARBS 112G74% OF CAL

7G FIBER0G ADDED0G INTRINSIC24G OTHER81G TOTAL SUGAR

FAT 17G25% OF CAL

6G SAT11G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

Complete estimate · 100% of estimated mass resolved

All countable ingredients resolved. Figures are per serving.

Prep: 30m
Cook: 1h 15m
Sodium: 224mg
Total sugar: 81g

Added sugar is not shown when one or more ingredients lack reliable added-sugar evidence.

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.

Vitamins & minerals

Potassium: 84mg
Calcium: 117mg
Iron: 2mg

Estimated from ingredients; USDA coverage varies by food.

PREP: 30M
SODIUM: 224MG
ESTIMATE: COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.

Easy Christmas Cake Traybake

Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

At a glance