Desserts Recipes - Dundee Cake Recipe

  
 

Desserts Recipes - Dundee Cake Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 10

  • 175g/6oz butter

  • 175g/6oz caster sugar

  • 4 eggs

  • 50g/2oz ground almonds

  • 300g/11 oz self-raising flour

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • 100g/4oz currants 100g/4oz sultanas

  • 100g/4oz raisins                

  • 50g/2oz candied mixed peel (chopped)

  • 25g/1oz whole almonds (blanched and split)

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 240°C/475°F/Gas mark 9. Line a 20cm/8in cake tin with baking parchment.

  2. Beat the butter and sugar to a light, fluffy cream and then beat in the eggs, one at a time, along with the ground almonds.

  3. Sift the flour with the salt and baking powder and gradually add it to the creamed mixture along with the fruit and peel.

  4. Put the mixture in the prepared cake tin, smooth it over and arrange the split almonds on top.  

  5. Place in the oven on the middle shelf. Immediately reduce the heat to 170°C/325°F/Gas mark 3 and bake the cake for 1 1/2 hours.