Take one large plastic washing up bowl.
Weigh out 12 lbs of mixed dried fruit.
Pour on two bottles of cooking brandy
Cover with tin foil and leave for about 48 hours
Meanwhile, collect the above items and a selection of cake tins.
Draw and cut out a piece of grease proof paper, the size and shape of the tin.
Cut strips of greasproof paper as above.
Brush oil all over the inside of the cake tin.
Line the tin as above.
Only reapeat for 8 tins. ( I hate that part!)
Weigh out all the dry ingrediants into one bowl.
Place the butter and syrup in the same pan.
Crack 24 LARGE eggs into another bowl (or in this case a pan) with the milk.
Whisk!
Melt the butter and syrup over the a low heat.
Mix the dry ingrediants
Disgard the spoon and mix the dry ingrediants with the fruit.
*Note to self... Next time remove Engagement ring first.
** Hubby walked in at this point and saw me mixing with one hand and taking photos with my right, who says women can not multi task!
Hubby took over the photography now.
Add all wet ingrediants now.
Mix well.
It is very wet and very sloppy and rather disgusting
BUT the smell is WONDERFUL!
Use a mug to pour the mixture into the cake tins.
Place in the oven
Bake for about 2 hours (depending on the size of the cakes)
Cool
Wrap in tin foil and keep until nearer Christmas before decorating.
PHEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
3 comments:
Oh er are they done? Being fed under the bed in the back bedroom with brandy/rum? Sounds good to me ;o)
Ooh they look and sound fantastic!
Blimey! That's baking at an industrial pace! How many can you fit in your oven? We could only do one at a time!
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