Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas|Christmas cake | slow cooker fudge
ICHRISTMAS CAKE
225g plain flour/all purpose
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp mixed spice
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
200g butter
2 tbsp Black treacle
200g dark brown sugar
1 tbsp marmalade
1/4 tsp vanilla or orange extract
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
800g dried mixed fruit
100g chopped mixed peel
150g glacé cherries, halved
100g blanched almonds, chopped
brandy
23cm round tin.
gas 3 , wrap the tin with folded greaseproof, tie with butchers string. cover the top with greaseproof.
Bake for 3 hours low/mid oven, all ovens differ, check with a skewer that it comes out clean, check every 20 mins after.
once out the oven for 15 mins, poke holes with a skewer, fill the cap of the brandy bottle and carefully pour over the cake, do this for the First time twice. then next week, flip the cake and use 1 capful, and repeat for 6-8 wks, flipping each time.
For the fudge
500 g milk chocolate
1 tsp vanilla extract
A large knob of butter
1 can 395g sweetened condensed milk
Preheat slow cooker, add all ingredients at once, stir until melted. Put on low slow cook for 2 hours, set timer for 15 mins, and stir every 15 minutes until the 2 hours is done, then pour into dish and refrigerate.
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