CHRISTMAS MINCEMEAT CAKE

CHRISTMAS MINCEMEAT CAKE 💝

A simple mincemeat cake with just a few ingredients and ready in no-time! This recipe makes a great alternative to traditional Christmas cake. It is also delicious served with custard for a pudding style cake 👌

Ingredients:

• 300g/10.5oz Mincemeat from a jar
• 1 Small Apple (Red or Pink Lady), finely diced
• 175g/6oz Unsalted Butter, softened
• 100g/3.5oz Muscovado Sugar or Dark Brown Sugar
• 3 Eggs
• 250g/9oz Self-Raising Flour
• 25g/1oz Raisins
• 25g/1oz Prunes, chopped
• 1/2 Tsp Salt
• 1 Tsp Ground Cinnamon
• 1 Tsp Mixed Spice
• 2 Tbls Brandy

Method:

Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
Grease and line a 23cm/9-inch cake tin with parchment paper.
Spoon the mincemeat into a bowl. Stir the finely diced apples, brandy, prunes, raisins, cinnamon and mixed spice into the mincemeat.
Place the soft butter, sugar, eggs, flour and salt in a bowl of a stand mixer. Start mixing at low speed to combine then increase the speed and beat the mixture for about 2 minutes until light and creamy. Fold in the mincemeat-apple mix using a spatula.
Transfer mixture to the prepared tin and smooth the surface.
Bake for 1 hour; check after 50 minutes. If the top of the cake gets too dark, cover it loosely with aluminium foil.
Enjoy!