The most Queensland of Queensland Christmas Cakes. Pineapple Christmas Cake. You will need a huge cake tin for this. I now have a lot of Christmas cake. A lot.
Pineapple Christmas Cake
2 cups butter
1¼ cups brown sugar
4 eggs
1 cup shredded (tinned) pineapple
2 tbsp. golden syrup
6 cups flour
4 cups sultanas
¾ cup glacé cherries
¾ cup chopped almonds
¾ cup mixed peel
1 tsp. bicarbonate of soda, dissolved in
2 tbsp. white vinegar
Preheat oven to 140°C
Cream butter and sugar, then add eggs one at a time beating well.
Combine the golden syrup and shredded pineapple, warming them lightly and add to the mix.
Sift flour into mixture, then fold through the fruits using a wooden spoon.
Add dissolved soda, turn into greased and papered cake tin and bake for 4 hours.
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2 comments:
I just had a piece of this with my morning tea and it is rather good.
Wow, 2 cups of butter! 6 cups of flour! Your Nannas of yore certainly knew how to pick it up a notch for the festive season. (Not even mentioning the shredded tinned pineapple.) I don't believe I would have a bowl big enough to contain the delights of that mixture - what a sad state of affairs.
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