Dundee Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup dried currants
• 1/3 cup diced candies mixed fruit peel
• 1/3 cup candied cherries, quartered
• 2 tablespoons grated orange zest
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 ounce ground almonds
• 1/2 cup whole almonds
• 1 tablespoon corn syrup

Recipe

• combine raisins, currants, mixed peel, cherries, and orange rind. dredge with 1/3 cup flour.
• cream butter or margarine and sugar until fluffy. beat in eggs 1 at a time until light. combine 1 2/3 cups flour, baking powder, and ground almonds; fold into batter mixture. mix in fruit. spread in foil lined 8 x 3 inch round pan. if using a different size pan fill 3/4 full.
• bake at 325 degrees f (165 degrees c) for about 1 1/2 hours, until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean. remove cake from pan.
• toast almonds in 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) oven until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. heat corn syrup, and brush over top surface of hot cake. place almonds in whatever design you like. after cooling, cake will not be sticky.