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Mary Berry's fruit cake
Fruit and vegetables
175g/6oz ready-to-eat dried
apricots
, snipped into pieces
½ tsp grated
nutmeg
1 unwaxed
lemon
, finely grated zest only
1
orange
, finely grated zest only
Cooking ingredients
400g/14oz
currants
225g/8oz
sultanas
225g/8oz
raisins
175g/6oz
glacé cherries
, rinsed, dried and quartered
75g/3oz mixed
candied peel
, finely chopped
275g/10oz plain
flour
¾ tsp ground
mixed spice
400g/14oz dark muscovado
sugar
65g/2½oz whole
almonds
, chopped (skins left on)
1 tbsp black
treacle
50 whole blanched
almonds
10
glacé cherries
, rinsed, dried and halved
Dairy, eggs and chilled
400g/14oz
butter
, softened
5 free-range
eggs
Other
4 tbsp
brandy
, plus extra for 'feeding' the cake
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