Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week 'V' Scottish Dundee Cake

'V' Scottish Dundee Cake.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have 'v' scottish dundee cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make 'V' Scottish Dundee Cake:

1. {Make ready 180 grams of golden raisins (sultanas).
2. {Prepare 125 grams of finely chopped figs.
3. {Make ready 180 grams of currants.
4. {Prepare 1 of grated zest of one lemon.
5. {Get 3 tbsp of whiskey.
6. {Make ready 8 of candied cherries quartered.
7. {Prepare 50 grams of candied lemon peel, finely chopped.
8. {Make ready 50 grams of candied orange peel finely chopped.
9. {Take 250 grams of all purpose(plain)flour.
10. {Make ready 1 tsp of baking powder.
11. {Get 180 grams of butter.
12. {Take of cup/125g sugar.
13. {Get 1 tbsp of honey.
14. {Make ready 3 of large eggs.
15. {Make ready 75 ml of milk.
16. {Prepare 1 of Blanched almonds, for decorating.
17. {Prepare 1 of confectioners'(icing sugar) for dusting.
18. {Prepare 1 of marzipan (optional) for covering.

Steps to make 'V' Scottish Dundee Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 180c/350f gas mark 4 grease and line a 10 inch /26cm spring-release cake pan (tin).
2. Mix the raisins (sultanas) figs and currants with the lemon zest, whiskey and candied fruits in a large bowl and leave to stand.
3. Meanwhile, sift the flour and baking powder together, cream the butter with the sugar and honey until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs and then beat in the flour, milk and soaked dried fruit. turn the batter into a prepared cake pan and smooth the top.Decorate the top of the cake with whole almonds.
4. Bake in oven for 30 mins, then reduce the oven temperature to 150c/300f gas mark 2 and bake for a further 90 mins. cover the top with baking parchment if it browns to quickly. cool in the pan for 15 mins then take out and leave to cool completely..
5. Before serving, dust with confectioners (icing) sugar and cover the sides of the cake with marzipan if wished.
6. Serves about 12.

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