Indian Recipes : Cakes : Dundee Cake Recipe

DUNDEE CAKE RECIPE

• Grease and line a 18cm cake tin.
  
  
• In a bowl mix together golden raisins, peel, ground almonds, currants, raisins and cherries.
  
  
• In a separate bowl beat the butter till soft then add castor sugar and the lemon rind and beat till light and fluffy.
  
  
• In a separate bowl beat the eggs together and then gradually add to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
  
  
• Mix the flour and the baking powder in a separate container and sift it well and add to the creamed mixture along with the cherry and all the dried fruits mix together earlier.
  
  
• Pour this mixture into the greased tin, try to create a hollow in the center and cover that center with the almonds.
  
  
• Bake this cake for 2 1/2 - 3 hours at 325 degrees F or till a skewer pricked into the center of the cake comes out clean.
  
  
• When done cool the cake in the tin for 15 minutes and then let it cool completely on a wire rack.