Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups mixed dried fruit ideally including mixed peel – see note
- 1 Orange
- 6 3/4 tablespoons sherry or brandy / whisky / gin / rum - or use apple juice if you want this to be alcohol free
- 6 3/4 tablespoons boiling water
- 2/3 cup butter softened plus extra for greasing
- 2/3 cup dark brown sugar soft, or muscovado sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups self raising flour US - self-rising flour
- 2 teaspoons mixed spice or pumpkin spice
- 1 teaspoon canela
- 1 3/4 cups glacé cherries halved
- 9/16 pound marzipan I prefer the paler ‘natural’ colour… but the bright yellow stuff works too!
- 9/16 pound fondant icing white
- icing sugar US - confectioner's sugar, for rolling out the marzipan and fondant icing
Nutrition
- Calories : 280 calories
- Carbohydrate : 55 grams
- Cholesterol : 35 milligrams
- Fat : 7 grams
- Fiber : 2 grams
- Protein : 2 grams
- SaturatedFat : 4 grams
- Sodium : 105 milligrams
- Sugar : 42 grams
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