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Christmas Recipes
Irish Plum Cake
Despite its name, plum cake contains no plums.
INGREDIENTS
8 oz. butter
8 oz. sugar
3 eggs
3/4 tsp. almond extract
3 Tbsp. Lyle's Golden syrup
3 oz. finely ground almonds
4 cups unbleached white flour
1 tsp. baking soda
pinch salt
12 oz. milk
2 cups sultanas (golden raisins)
2 1/2 cups currants
Grated rind of 3 oranges
Grated rind of two lemons
PREPARATION
Cream butter with sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a
time and beating well after each addition. Beat in the syrup,
almond extract and ground almonds. Reserving 1/2 cup of the
slour, sieve the remainder with baking soda and salt. Add flour
mixture to butter mixture alternately with the milk, beating
well after each addition. Coat sultanas and currants with reserved
flour and fold into batter along with grated peels. Mix well
and pour into a well-buttered tube pan, distributing batter
evenly. Bake at 300°F. 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours. Let pan cool
for 45 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack to further cool.
