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A traditional Dundee cake comes from Dundee, Scotland. The cake is distinctive alongside other rich fruit cakes by circles of blanched almonds on the As this is also a Scottish cake, traditionally, a malt whiskey would be used to flavor the cake. However, if whiskey is not your tipple, then feel free to use.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 'v' scottish dundee cake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make 'V' Scottish Dundee Cake:

1. Get 180 grams golden raisins (sultanas)
2. Take 125 grams finely chopped figs
3. Get 180 grams currants
4. Get 1 grated zest of one lemon
5. Make ready 3 tbsp whiskey
6. Get 8 candied cherries quartered
7. Make ready 50 grams candied lemon peel, finely chopped
8. Take 50 grams candied orange peel finely chopped
9. Take 250 grams all purpose(plain)flour
10. Get 1 tsp baking powder
11. Take 180 grams butter
12. Get cup/125g sugar
13. Get 1 tbsp honey
14. Get 3 large eggs
15. Prepare 75 ml milk
16. Make ready 1 Blanched almonds, for decorating
17. Take 1 confectioners'(icing sugar) for dusting
18. Make ready 1 marzipan (optional) for covering

Traditional Scottish Dundee Cake; a substitute for Rich Fruit Cake! As a Dundonian, I am exceedingly proud of Dundee cake. A famous traditional Scottish fruitcake with cherries, sultanas and almonds, and a sweet glaze, from BBC Good Food. In my January column I mentioned this cake which originated in Dundee, Scotland's fourth largest city, on the North East coast.

Steps to make 'V' Scottish Dundee Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 180c/350f gas mark 4 grease and line a 10 inch /26cm spring-release cake pan (tin)
2. Mix the raisins (sultanas) figs and currants with the lemon zest, whiskey and candied fruits in a large bowl and leave to stand
3. Meanwhile, sift the flour and baking powder together, cream the butter with the sugar and honey until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs and then beat in the flour, milk and soaked dried fruit. turn the batter into a prepared cake pan and smooth the top.Decorate the top of the cake with whole almonds
4. Bake in oven for 30 mins, then reduce the oven temperature to 150c/300f gas mark 2 and bake for a further 90 mins. cover the top with baking parchment if it browns to quickly. cool in the pan for 15 mins then take out and leave to cool completely.
5. Before serving, dust with confectioners (icing) sugar and cover the sides of the cake with marzipan if wished
6. Serves about 12

Dundee is said to be built on "the three Js: Jute, Jam and Journalism"". Scottish Gourmet Food is pleased to stock a range of Scottish cakes including dundee cake and bannocks at brilliant prices. The recipe for this luxurious cake originated in Dundee, the home of marmalade and jam. Dundee cake is rich and fruity traditional Scottish cake. There are so many different variations of a Dundee cake, but it tends to always be made with dried It is a similar to a Christmas cake, but lighter and with a more crumbly texture.

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