'An easy to make Christmas Cake which is a great alternative to a more traditional heavy fruit cake. Made using a whole orange and a jar of mincemeat, this cake is delicious and tastes just like Christmas! Recipe: Ingredients: 115g butter 50g caster sugar 1 small orange with a thin skin 2 eggs 175g self raising flour 1 jar of mincemeat *Decoration* 175g icing sugar cold water flaked almonds Method: Place the orange in a pan and cover with boiling water and boil for 30 minutes until the skin softens. Be careful not to allow the pan to run out of water Once softened remove from the pan and allow to cool until just warm to the touch Pre-heat your oven to 180oC / 160o C (fan) and grease and line a loose bottomed 8 inch round cake tin Slice the orange in half and remove the pips. Place the pipless orange into a processor or blender and blitz to make a chunky textured orange sauce. Then into your food processor add your butter and sugar and mix well to cream them until soft and pale Add the eggs and beat again Finally add the flour and mincemeat and fold until combined Pour in to your prepared ti and bake for 45-50 mins When your cake has cooled, remove from your tin Make your icing by adding small drops of cold water to the icing sugar -you want a nice thick paste Spread over your now cold cake Decorate with flaked almonds (optional)'
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