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SWEET AND EASY CHRISTMAS CAKE
cat: dessert
yield: 1 loaf plus 9 muffins

1 1/2 c Buderim Sweet and Easy Glace Ginger,
- chopped (2 x 125g packets)
3/4 c glace cherries, chopped (2 x 100g pkts)
1 1/2 c dried fruit medley (2 x 200g pkts)
1 c sultanas
1/2 c glace pineapple (1x 100g pkt)
1/2 c mixed peel
1/2 c chopped pecan or macadamia nuts
1 Tb Buderim Ginger Original Ginger Conserve
1/2 c brandy or rum
3 Tb Buderim Ginger Ginger Refresher
250g butter
1 c castor sugar
grated rind of an orange
4 large eggs
3 c flour
1 ts nutmeg
1 ts baking soda
1/2 ts salt

Modern muffins or tradiional Christmas Cake - a very versatile, 
very tasty cake recipe from Buderim Ginger.

In a large bowl combine all the glace fruit, dried fruits and nuts. 
Stir in the Buderim Ginger Original Ginger Conserve, Ginger 
Refresher and the brandy. Cover and leave to soak over night.
Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl with the orange rind. 

Beat in the eggs one at a time.

Sift the flour with the nutmeg and baking soda.

Add half the soaked fruit and half the flour to the butter mixture.
Mix well. Add the remaining fruit and flour. Stir and mix 
thoroughly. Time for a Christmas wish!

Spoon the mixture into a greased and lined loaf pan 30cm x 10cm.
There will be enough mixture left over to fill 9 large muffin pans.
Alternatively this recipe mixture can be used to make a traditional 
23cm round or square cake.

Pop into preheated oven at 140C - Muffins for 40 minutes; Loaf Pan
for 2 hours and the traditional 23cm pan 4 hours.

Handy Hint: If baking the cake in the large 23cm pan line with two
layers of greased brown paper to compensate for the longer cooking 
time 

Source: Buderim Ginger
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