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  Overnight Christmas Cake Recipe by Annabel Langbein 

Ingredients

500 g Butter

2 c         Sugar

10         Eggs

2 Tbsp Sherry, or brandy, plus half a cup extra to pour over the cake

4 1/2 c Flour

1/2 tsp Baking powder

1/2 tsp Salt

10 c (1.5kg) Dried fruit, such as currants, sultanas, raisins and dates

1 c         Mixed peel

1 c         Glace cherries

2 c         Mixed nuts, such as almonds and Brazil nuts + add to shopping list

Directions

Preheat oven to 100C (do not use fanbake as it will dry out this cake).

Grease a 28cm round or 25cm square cake tin and line the base and sides with three layers of baking paper. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add eggs and the 2 tbsp sherry or brandy and mix well.

Sift flour, baking powder and salt together, then stir in dried fruit and nuts. Add to the butter mixture and use a large wooden spoon or clean hands to combine evenly. Transfer to prepared tin, pressing it in firmly.

Cook until cake is set and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean (10-12 hours, check after 10 hours). Remove from oven and immediately make holes across top of cake with a skewer and pour the 1/2 cup sherry or brandy over the top.

Leave cake in tin until absolutely cold. Will keep for weeks if covered and stored in an airtight container in a cool place.