'V' Scottish Dundee Cake

Name: How to cook 'V' Scottish Dundee Cake - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

vampira

'V' Scottish Dundee Cake

This is another good Scottish cake recipe and ofcourse like most there's whiskey in it :) :)

Ingredient

Food ration :

12 servings

Cooking time :

2 mins

180 grams

candied lemon peel, finely chopped

50 grams

candied orange peel finely chopped

250 grams

Blanched almonds, for decorating

confectioners'(icing sugar) for dusting

marzipan (optional) for covering

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Preheat oven to 180c/350f gas mark 4 grease and line a 10 inch /26cm spring-release cake pan (tin)

* Step 2

Mix the raisins (sultanas) figs and currants with the lemon zest, whiskey and candied fruits in a large bowl and leave to stand

* Step 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

* Step 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.