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A family recipe from Great Nanna Lottie

  • 1 1/4 lb plain flour
  • 1 lb sultanas
  • 1 lb currants
  • 1 lb soft brown sugar
  • 3/4 lb butter
  • 1/2 pint stout
  • 1/2 lb mixed peel
  • 4 eggs
  • rind of 1 lemon
  • 1 tsp spice
  • 1 tsp bi-carbonate of soda
  • 1/2 lb chopped or ground almonds (optional)
4.8/5 (30 Votes)

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Mix the flour, baking powder, bread crumbs, butter, salt and brown sugar in a bowl

  • 150g flour
  • 150g breadcrumbs
  • 200g butter
  • 150g of brown sugar
  • 150ml of milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 500g raisins, soaked and drained (Smyrna, Corinth and Malaya)
  • 300g candied fruit (cherries and lemon zest, grapefruit and orange)
  • 12 chopped prunes
  • 60g chopped almonds
  • 1/2 grated nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 sachet of baking powder
  • cognac or brandy
4.4/5 (36 Votes)

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Extremely easy to make even by children and healty candy bars - full of nuts and dried friut and rich chocolate

  • - 2 bars of dark chocolate (min 70% of cocoa)
  • - 1 packet of gorp (dried fruit and nuts)
  • - about 10 biscuits
3.6/5 (98 Votes)

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Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl until it looks like a sponge mix

  • 8oz Self Raising Flour
  • 3oz Soft Brown Sugar
  • 2oz Dried Fruit
  • 1 egg
  • 1 large tablespoon of Black Treacle
  • water if required
3.9/5 (39 Votes)

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Preheat the oven to gas mark 4

  • 85g golden syrup
  • 85g butter
  • 85g caster sugar or light brown sugar
  • 225g plain flour
  • 1-2tsp gound ginger
  • A little milk
  • Icing (optional) -
  • 175g icing sugar
  • sufficient amount of water
  • To decorate -
  • Dried fruit
3.4/5 (97 Votes)

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A moist and fruity cake

  • ½ lb Sultanas
  • ½ lb Raisins
  • (Or 1lb Mixed Fruit)
  • teaspoon mixed Spice
  • ¾ lb Self Raising flour
  • 1 egg
  • ½ pint cold strained tea
3/5 (122 Votes)

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In a bowl, soak the sultanas, currants, figs, mixed peel, cherries and apricots with the brandy overnight

  • 175 g sultanas
  • 175 g currants
  • 70 g dried figs, chopped
  • 50 g mixed peel
  • 45 g glacé cherries, halved
  • 50 g dried apricots, chopped
  • 100 ml brandy
  • 50 g stem ginger, chopped + 2 tbsp of their syrup
  • 1 apple, grated
  • Juice + zest 1 orange
  • 3 large eggs, beaten
  • 125 g shredded suet
  • 125 g fresh, white breadcrumbs
  • 175 g light muscovado sugar
  • 90 g self-raising flour
  • 1/2 tsp mixed spice
  • Butter, for greasing
3/5 (29 Votes)

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Tear the bread into a large mixing bowl and add the fruit, peel and spice

  • 500g white or wholemeal bread
  • 500g/1lb 2oz mixed dried fruit
  • 85g mixed peel
  • 1 ½ tbsp mixed spice
  • 600ml milk
  • 2 large eggs, beaten
  • 140g light muscovado sugar
  • zest 1 lemon (optional)
  • 100g butter, melted
  • 2 tbsp demerara sugar
2.4/5 (72 Votes)

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Lovely Welsh cake perfect with a slather of butter

  • 6oz Currants
  • 6 oz Sultanas
  • 8oz Dark Soft Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 Pint strained Hot Tea
  • 10oz Self Raising Flour
  • 2 Teaspoons ground Cinnamon
  • 1 egg Beaten
2.4/5 (42 Votes)

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Pre-heat the oven to 180'C

  • 100g caster sugar
  • 100g butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 100g self raising flour
  • 50g dried fruit
2.8/5 (10 Votes)

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