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Muscovado Glazed Fruit Cake

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Prep

1 HR

Bake

3.5 hours

Serves

8 to 10

Difficulty

Hard

About

This Creole inspired cake is a lovely twist on the classic fruit cake. Its rich flavour echoes the aromatic notes of dark muscovado sugar and uses a colourful mix of tropical fruits and nuts for decoration, ideal for both family and festive celebrations

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Dark Muscovado

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Muscovado Glazed Fruit Cake Recipe

Step 1

Combine both rums, the orange juice and zest, Angostura bitters, Vanilla, 1 tablespoon of Tate & Lyle Dark Muscovado Sugar and the allspice in a large saucepan, and shake to mix.

Step 2

Add the raisins, cranberries, prunes, cherries, candied peel and nuts. Stir, bring to just under the boil, then reduce the heat down to a simmer and gently cook for 5 minutes, stirring once or twice, until all the liquid has been absorbed and the fruit has plumped up. Leave to cool.

Step 3

Preheat the oven to 140°C/Fan120°, 275°F, Gas Mark 1.

Step 4

In a large mixing bowl, using a wooden spoon, cream together the butter and add the rest of the Tate & Lyle Dark Muscovado Sugar, then add the flour, eggs and salt and mix well until smooth.

Step 5

Spoon into the prepared cake tin, level the surface with the back of the spoon and make a gentle hollow in the middle which helps prevent the cake from peaking too much. Bake on the middle shelf for 3 hours, then cover with the parchment paper. Bake the cake for a further 30 minutes or until the centre springs back when lightly touched.

Step 6

Cool the cake in its tin for 30 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling and peel off the paper. If you have the time you can feed the cake with rum at intervals over a month to enrich it. Poke holes in the cake with a fine skewer or cocktail stick and then drip about 2 tablespoons of the rum over the top each time. Wrap in foil between feeding the cake and store in an airtight container.

Step 7

To decorate the cake, combine the water, rum and Tate & Lyle Dark Muscovado Sugar in a small pan set over a low heat. Stir until dissolved and then simmer for about 10-15 minutes until slightly syrupy. Generously brush this Tate & Lyle Dark Muscovado Sugar glaze over the top of the cake, arrange the fruit and nuts attractively on top, and brush these with the rest of the glaze. Leave to cool and store in an airtight container, where it will last for up to 3 months.

Step 8

You will also need a 20cm diameter x 9cm deep round cake tin, greased and the base and sides lined with a double thickness of baking parchment, plus a double thick layer for covering the top.

Ingredients – 17 items

Serving

1

For the cake

Fairtrade Dark Muscovado

Tate & Lyle Dark Muscovado Sugar

250 g

Rum

Light

6 tbsp

Rum

Dark

6 tbsp
Orange

Medium orange, juiced & zested

1
Vanilla

Vanilla extract

1 1/2 tsp
Fairtrade Dark Muscovado

Tate & Lyle Dark Muscovado Sugar

Rounded

1 tbsp
All-spice

All spice

Rounded

1 tsp
Raisins

Raisins

450 g
Dried cranberries

Dried cranberries

225 g

Prunes

Roughly chopped

110 g
Cherries

Cherries

Halved, rinsed, dried & finely chopped

50 g

Chopped candied peel

110 g
Blanched almonds

Blanched almonds

Roughly chopped

50 g
Butter

Unsalted butter, softened

Room temperature

250 g
Flour

Self raising flour

250 g
Eggs

Large eggs

5
Salt-table

Salt

1/2 tsp

For feeding the cake

Rum

225 ml

For the topping

Water

Water

75 ml
Fairtrade Dark Muscovado

Tate & Lyle Dark Muscovado Sugar

75 g
Dried fruit

Dried fruit

Halved prunes, pineapple, mango & cranberries

225 g
Mixed nuts

Chopped mixed nuts

Pecans, blanched whole almonds or macadamias

50 g

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