Easy Christmas Cake Recipe | A Last-Minute Christmas fruit cake | Mincemeat Cake

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is lower in saturated fat.

mixed dried fruits

🥗Healthier: unsweetened dried fruits

💰Cheaper: raisins

Unsweetened options are lower in sugar.

Whisk together 150g brown sugar and 150g salted butter for 2-3 minutes.

Add 3 medium eggs and whisk for 1-2 minutes.

Mix in 225g plain flour and 1 teaspoon baking powder, then add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and whisk for about 15 seconds.

Gently mix in 500g fruit mince mix.

Prepare a 7-inch baking pan with several layers of baking paper.

Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan.

Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C (320°F) for 1 hour to 1 and ¼ hours, checking with a skewer.

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