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mixed dried fruit

🥗Healthier: fresh fruit

💰Cheaper: raisins

Fresh fruit can reduce sugar content while raisins are more affordable.

candied peel

🥗Healthier: dried fruit

💰Cheaper: zest

Dried fruit offers a similar texture with less sugar.

brandy

🥗Healthier: apple juice

💰Cheaper: water

Apple juice adds moisture without alcohol.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil can lower saturated fat content.

Soak dried fruit in alcohol for 3 days before baking.

Cream 1.5 kg of butter with 900 grams of sugar using a standing mixer on low speed, then increase to high speed for about 1 hour until fluffy.

Introduce other ingredients while creaming: add 30 eggs one at a time, whisking each egg before adding the next.

Add 3 tablespoons of baking powder to sieved flour and mix.

Add 3 tablespoons of cinnamon to the flour mixture.

Whisk the eggs lightly and add the liquid ingredients: dark vanilla flavor, black treacle, and any other liquid ingredients.

Incorporate dry and wet ingredients together gradually, mixing until fully combined.

Add soaked dried fruit to the batter, optionally sieving out excess alcohol.

Grease three 12-inch pans with butter and dust with flour.

Pour the batter into the prepared pans, tapping them on the table to remove air bubbles.

Bake in a preheated oven at 40 to 45 minutes until done, checking for doneness visually.

Allow the cakes to cool before wrapping them in clean film or cake wrappers.

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